http://mprcenter.org/blog/2013/01/how-obama-won-the-social-media-battle-in-the-2012-presidential-campaign/

Read the article and please respond to the prompts on the BLOG

Make sure you write/type all your answers as a Google Doc first the copy and paste to the Response window on the Blog

1. What were TWO early forms of Social Media used by the Obama campaign during the 2008 elections?
2. When did they start using the social media?
3. According to the article - what percentage of Adults in 2012 were using social media?
4. Research and find that same Number for TODAY!!!
5. What is the correlation between being active on political social media and voting?
6. How did both John McCain and Mitt Romney embrace the social media idea in their campaigns?
7. The article mentions - "spreadability" what does this mean in the context of this article and how did it HELP Obama win the election?
8. What does it mean when the article says that social media creates a new way to talk about politics or "new political dialog" - what changed ?
9. What are THREE specific numerical percentage examples that show social media influenced - who people voted for in 2012?
10. What was the social media effect on FUND Raising in the 2012 election?
11. What are - memes?
12. What "memes" have you been a part of ?? Be honest - think about ALL the social media you use
13. Make a list of ALL the social media you use or have used - are you surprised?