Taking Our Country Back The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama |
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| Author:
| Kreiss, Daniel |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Digital Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-993678-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.99 |
Book Description:
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Taking Our Country Back presents the previously untold history of the uptake of new media in Democratic electoral campaigning over the last decade. Drawing on open-ended interviews with more than fifty political staffers, fieldwork during the 2008 primaries and general election, and archival research, Daniel Kreiss shows how a group of young, technically-skilled internet staffers came together to create a series of innovations in organization, tools, and practice that have changed the...
More DescriptionTaking Our Country Back presents the previously untold history of the uptake of new media in Democratic electoral campaigning over the last decade. Drawing on open-ended interviews with more than fifty political staffers, fieldwork during the 2008 primaries and general election, and archival research, Daniel Kreiss shows how a group of young, technically-skilled internet staffers came together to create a series of innovations in organization, tools, and practice that have changed the campaign game.