http://www.netsquared.org/conference-sessions/politics share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/gina-cardazone/veek-the-vote <p>Going a step beyond voting, people are using their video cameras and even cell phones to document voter intimidation, long lines, voter equipment problems, and to keep tabs of what&#39;s going on during the election.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.videothevote.org/">Video the Vote</a> was inspired by American Blackout, a movie about voter suppression, and encourages citizens to film the vote.&nbsp; Going one step further in futuristic media coverage, YouthNoise and Veeker are presenting <a href="http://veekthevote.com/">Veek the Vote</a>. A Veek is apparently a video taken with a cell phones (a video peek) and people are encouraged to take video peeks at their local elections and upload them.&nbsp; People can then not only view streaming videos from people&#39;s cell phones, but can embed the veek the vote player on their site.&nbsp; Actually, I&#39;m going to do that right now.&nbsp; Let&#39;s seek how it goes.</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/gina-cardazone/veek-the-vote">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/gina-cardazone/veek-the-vote#comments election netroots politics vlog Politics Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:43:38 -0500 Gina Cardazone 2192 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/erikablock/grassroots-netroots-and-the-end-and-beginning-of-politics-0 <p>Micah:<br /> Democracy is changing – new tools, new strategies, new ways of thinking<br /> The cost of finding like-minded souls and banding together around a common cause is almost zero<br /> Network means something very different from the days of CBS, NBC, ABC<br /> People want to be heard<br /> Members expect more of a say<br /> Readers want to talk back to journalists/editors<br /> Citizens demanding more transparency and responsiveness from their governments</p> <p>People are attracted to participation – more than writing checks to support a cause – also realizing they can be co-creators.</p> <p>So the session question – how can we adapt to this?</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/erikablock/grassroots-netroots-and-the-end-and-beginning-of-politics-0">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/erikablock/grassroots-netroots-and-the-end-and-beginning-of-politics-0#comments AmyGoodman conference JoanBlades net2con politics Politics Wed, 31 May 2006 14:32:56 -0400 erikablock 1644 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/power-to-the-edges-or-too-much-information Politics Thu, 18 May 2006 22:15:06 -0400 MSifry 1326 at http://www.netsquared.org