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iCities (V). Round Table: Connected Citizens. Cyberactivism. via ICTlogy May 10th, 2008 at 13:08

iCities is a Conference about Blogs, e-Government and Digital Participation.Here come my notes for session V. Round Table: Connected Citizens. Cyberactivism.Chairs: Rosa JimĂ©nez Cano Alana Moceri, president Democrats Abroad Spain First time that primary elections can be done on-line. This means increasing the number of countries where voting is possible from 34 up to 161. Online, everyone can contribute: absolutely everyone can upload videos to YouTube, photos to Flickr or text to any blog. Pro: democratization. Con: loss of control over your campaing. Fundrising is key and is a good proxy to test the health of a political campaign. Obama’s discourse is really 2.0: you can, empowerment, engagement. MyBarackObama.com is a good example of it, where you can even earn points as a...