Here is a clear case of astroturfing... I noticed the following ad on HuffingtonPost yesterday (01.28.08) promoting "draftbloomberg.com." Draftbloomberg.com (formerly Unity08.com) has been setup to encourage people to petition Michael Bloomberg to run for president as an Independent. The ad states 5,237 signatures... Meanwhile the web site only lists 3,719 signatures. ...

part 1 of please forward to everyone you know was posted on 10.14.07. Obama responds to the smear campaign. From the chicago sun-times: Obama said the “swiftboating” started after he announced for president and Fox News “started saying, ‘“well this guy went to schools in madrassas.’” He revealed that his campaign ...

A recent story by the Politico describes a smear campaign which alleges Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim. This campaign is remarkably similar to one waged against John McCain, yet the medium through which the smear is being propagated has changed - this time the smear is originating in spam ...

This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog... Andre and I have been trying to add a new plug-in to the blog which would allow threaded discussion. Currently, comments can only be made to posts - but a threaded discussion feature would afford us the ability to comment on ...

This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog... In my previous post I discussed my observations that actual interactivity is often just simulated interactivity - allowing the audience minimal participation while portraying it as participatory. I’d like to rephrase my question in light of the discussion that took place. ...

This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog... After having the pleasure of speaking with a few of you I wanted to post something on interactivity in hopes of starting a discussion. As Joan mentioned in her last post, many of us are engaged in collaborative and participatory inter ...