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Being a Citizen Shouldn’t Be So Hard! Part 2: Beyond Government

September 16, 2008 – 5:28 pm

NOTE: This is part 2 of a multipart series. See the series intro. More to come over the next few days.
This series is a work in process. I’m counting on Contentious.com readers and others to help me sharpen this discussion so I can present it more formally for the Knight Commission to consider.
So please [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Net Effects on Society, civic, community, credibility, government, journalism, media evolution, media literacy, problems, processes, productivity, relevance, services, software, transparency, usability | Comments (5)

Being a Citizen Shouldn’t Be So Hard! Part 1: Human Nature

September 15, 2008 – 2:51 pm

NOTE: This is part 1 of a multipart series. More to come over the next few days. See Part 2.
This series is a work in process. I’m counting on Contentious.com readers and others to help me sharpen this discussion so I can present it more formally for the Knight Commission to consider.
So please comment [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in civic, collaboration, community, emotions, experience, exploring, government, law, processes, psychology, research, solutions, transparency | Comments (9)

Hillary scores April Fool’s Day points on Twitter

April 1, 2008 – 1:44 pm

I subscribe to the official campaign Twitter feeds for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (John McCain doesn’t seem to have one, as far as I can tell.) Just a short while ago I saw this tweet come through from Hillary Clinton:

…Nothing so far in response from Obama. I’ll keep watching. But Hillary definitely has scored [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in fun stuff | Comments (0)

YouTube debates for state & local politics?

August 1, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Everyone’s gaga over the recent TV debate among the Democratic presidential candidates featuring video questions submitted via YouTube. Yes, that was very intriguing and refreshing. I think this approach has ample potential.
In fact, it’s too damn cool to leave it to presidential elections alone.
Personally, I’d love to see this applied at the state and local [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in conversational media, video | Comments (2)