Studies have shown that people are very influenced by social norms, and so social media can go a long way to turn out the vote.
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2 Warning Signs to Watch for on Social Media
Disinformation is intentionally misleading information, and it is rampant on social media. Here are two red flags to look for.
Election 2020: Tweets Don’t Vote
The Democratic and Republican nominating conventions are over, which means that the nominees are now official. The general election begins today, and I want to win. So when I saw that headline in my inbox, it got my attention. I’m… Read More ›
The 7 Lessons the NPR-Pompeo Story Can Teach Us About Social Media
I read an interesting article in Forbes called Kelly And Pompeo: How A Journalist Masterfully Combated Gaslighting. You heard about the Pompeo-NPR interview, right? If not, catch up HERE. In any case, the Forbes article outlined what Mary Louise Kelly,… Read More ›
Election 2020: When Suspicious Hashtags Trend
Do you think social media will avoid a lot of the problems we encountered in the lead up to the 2016 election? Yeah, me neither. This truth was evident earlier this week when several hashtags trended in an attempt to… Read More ›
1 Simple Thing You Can Do Today to Get Out the Vote
“Everyone is doing it.” Back in high school, we were all told to beware of peer pressure. That peer pressure could lead to us engaging in risky behavior and that we’d have to deal with serious negative consequences. On the… Read More ›
Impeachment: We Still Have Work To Do
This is a moment many of us have been pushing for for so long: Trump’s criminal behavior has finally caught up to him. More and more details are coming out about how he tried to extort Ukraine but also what… Read More ›
7 Ways You Can Make National Voter Registration Day a Huge Success
Voting is the centerpiece of our American democracy. But before you can vote, you must be registered to vote. The way we win elections is by helping our candidates get more votes. But one conservative estimate from the Pew Charitable… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: Memorial Day, Integration, and Social Media Monitoring
Sunday is the day that I like to spend more time offline and get more reading done. In that vein, each Sunday I post a handful of articles from the past week that I found interesting. Here are a few… Read More ›
9 Ways to Help a Campaign From Afar
If we want to see our country run on values that are important to us, we need to win elections. All of them, from the White House to a race right in our own neighborhoods. We know that the campaigns… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: What Caught My Eye This Week
Sometimes the flow of bite-sized news stories are where I’m at. And at other times, longer reads that delve into a topic are exactly what I need. Here are four pieces that I found thought-provoking this week: What if the… Read More ›
Tweets Don’t Vote
I saw that headline in my inbox and it got my attention. I’m on Twitter a lot and talk with a great many hard-working citizens doing everything they can to make sure the Democrats win the House (and wouldn’t it… Read More ›
How to spot misinformation leading into the 2018 midterms
Let’s face it: There’s a lot of bad information on social media. It makes it a lot harder on all of us to get good, factual information–something we all need going into the November midterms. The Russia investigation by Bob… Read More ›