On AlterNet: web 2.0

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "web 2.0"

Obama Campaign's Multi-Million Dollar Propaganda Firm Deployed in Iraq to Advise on "New Media"

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. April 21, 2009.

With Iraq in ruins, Obama sends a politically connected firm, along with reps from AT&T, Google, and Twitter to build 'smart power' in Baghdad.

Can Feminist Groups and Bloggers Bridge the Digital Divide?

Peggy Simpson, Women's Media Center. February 19, 2009.

Mainstream feminist membership groups and bloggers rarely talk -- they should start.

How Obama Won: The Rise of Web 2.0

Greg Mitchell, Sinclair Books. February 3, 2009.

In election '08, the ascendance of new media changed the rules of the game and smoothed Obama's path to victory.

Social Movements 2.0: Harnessing the Power of the Web for Change

Brendan Smith, Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher, The Nation. January 16, 2009.

Social networking tools can help people reach across national and workplace borders, outflank bosses and politicians and wield collective power.

Is Your Daily Life Enslaved by the Electronic World?

Andrew Lam, New America Media. April 23, 2008.

Our modern obsession with technology is changing the way we relate to others -- and the way we view ourselves.

What Are Facebook Friends for?

Christine Rosen, Christian Science Monitor. November 1, 2007.

The Pharaohs built statues. Caesar put his visage on coins. We use Facebook and MySpace.

John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked

David Cassel, March 8, 2007.

Lou Cabron: They may not be the frothing Republicans you expected...

Howard Dean 2.0: Obama Engages Youth on the Web

Sam Graham-Felsen, The Nation. February 21, 2007.

Barack Obama is using Facebook and other social networking sites to reach that squirrely demographic: kids.

Time's Person of the Year: you.

Deanna Zandt, December 17, 2006.

Deanna Zandt: The people-fueled content-sharing madness of the Internet evolution is changing the media dynamic, and it's all because of you.