Technology, Media and Political Participation By Michael McGrath - Chief Information Officer for the National Civic League, Editor of the National Civic Review
In 2004, the Howard Dean presidential campaign demonstrated how the Internet could be used to raise enormous sums of money from small donors, an achievement that may have forever changed the nature of campaign fund-raising, potentially balancing people power against the influence of professional fund-raisers, bundlers, political action committees (PACs), and special interest groups.
Twitter use by internet users ages 25-34 has doubled since late 2010 (from 9% to 19%) and usage by those ages 35-44 has also grown significantly (from 8% to 14%)
African-American and Latinos continue to be the most active users of mobile web, with a greater percentage owning cell phones and accessing the internet with them.
As part of the study funded by ZeroDivide, Social Impact of Voice over Internet Protocol on Latinos, researchers examined Latino awareness and perceptions of VoIP and Internet-based phone services; Latino attitudes about and use of landline phones, cell phones, computers and the Internet; and how much Latino VoIP users pay for communication services compared to those Latinos who do not rely on VoIP options.
