Posts Tagged ‘ Barack Obama ’

What’s On Barack Obama’s iPod?

Jun 25th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

We already know that John McCain is a huge ABBA fan, from his blog. 
But what about Barack Obama? What’s on his iPod?
Obama says he has ”pretty eclectic tastes”:
The list of bands reads like the acts at a summer music festival, with the Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow and Ludacris all in the mix.
Obama said that, growing up, [...]



Will John McCain Pull A Hillary When It Comes To Internet Media?

Jun 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

The SFGate has published an interesting piece that looks at how Internet media affected Hillary Clinton’s campaign:
What hurt Clinton most, political analysts say, is that she couldn’t consistently use the newfound ubiquity of video to soften her image with voters. Or, as George Washington University Professor and new-media analyst Michael Cornfeld said, “It’s like the [...]



Is Social Media Behind Barack Obama’s Success?

Jun 6th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Commentary, General

Earlier in the week, Elisabeth noted that Barack Obama had wrapped enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination and that he is actively using podcasting as part of his campaign strategy.
Obama has run a remarkable campaign, and his campaign’s has made innovative use of social media, embracing not just podcasting, but Twitter, Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, [...]



Obama Secures Democratic Bid

Jun 4th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Video Podcasts

 
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On the evening of the last batch of U.S. primary elections, Presidential candidate Barack Obama wrapped enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination.
Although Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton has not formally ended her Presidential bid, it is looking fairly assured that Obama will, after his official nomination at this summer’s convention in Denver, face off [...]



Obama Fighting For The iPod Vote

Jan 26th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Strange, Streaming Video

Barack Obama delivers the Top Ten list on the Late Show with David Letterman:

# 4 may be the best fake campaign promise yet!



Obama Calls On Democrats To Freely Share Democratic Debate Videos

May 4th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Podcasting Law, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday called on Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean to make video from any Democratic presidential debates available “for free and without restriction.”
Obama supports a call from Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig to share the debate videos and eliminate unnecessary regulation of political speech.
“Technology has exploded the opportunity for people [...]



Mainstream Media Goes Crazy For Anti-Hillary 1984 Ad Remix

Mar 19th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Strange, Streaming Video, Video

A remix of Apple’s famous 1984 ad that places Senator Hillary Clinton in the “big brother” role is causing a stir in mainstream media.
The video, below, is being called “groundbreaking”, and “a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising”.

The video represents “a new era, a new wave of politics … because [...]



Internet Video To Be Key Part Of 2008 Election

Jan 22nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

The Washington Post has an interesting take on the growing importance of podcasting, video podcasting and other Internet media in the world of politics.
Not long ago, an anonymous video on the Internet would have elicited little more than amusement from the candidate under attack. But the 2006 campaign, in which then-Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) saw [...]