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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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The very groups who made the difference in President Obama's re-election are among the fastest adopters of social and mobile media. Can Republicans catch up? 
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At a time when we can see video shot by a robot on Mars and when we can deposit checks on our smartphones without going to a bank, why do most people still have to go to a polling place to vote? Will voting by smartphone be a reality by 2016? Probably not.
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Did you watch the election coverage Tuesday night? Did you notice Diane Sawyer slurring? Many people accused the legendary TV anchor of being drunk last night while covering the election while others insist that Sawyer was just exhausted. Read the tweets, watch the video. And you decide.
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Seen to many as a game changer throughout the election, social media made election day historic in more ways than one. Twitter, in particular had a profound impact, becoming "a kind of nationwide caucus." Of note: The Obama campaign used Twitter at an 8-1 ratio in comparison to Mitt Romney.
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Decision 2012 was indeed historic. But mark this down as perhaps the last “social media” election. In four years, we won’t turn to social media to see what people have to say on Twitter, or Instagram, or Facebook. We’ll just simply turn to social media
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No wonder you were shocked when Mitt Romney and other Republicans went down, in some cases, big, on Tuesday night. Many polls were so off base it was laughable - until you stop and think that polling is an exercise in math, which is supposed to be subjective. When pollsters apply their own objectives, in this case, being Republicans, the truly do skew things up.
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Here's the one. The one that will join the Daisy Girl/Mushroom Cloud, Willie Horton and Swift Boats when we talk about political ads in the future. Writer, director and actress Lena Dunham equates voting for the first time with another big first. It should be "amazing" and girls, it should be with a guy "who cares about and understands women.
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Missed last night's final debate? Here it is retold through those silly little GIFs. Enjoy. And...don't forget to vote on November 6!
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By comparing Google search rates for voting information so far this year with search rates on comparable dates from previous elections, we might already be able to get a pretty good idea of the composition of the 2012 electorate.
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In the thousands of words spoken in Tuesday's presidential debate, it was four awkwardly phrased ones that set the Internet afire: "Binders full of women."
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Mitt Romney triggered a wave of Trapper Keeper nostalgia at Tuesday night's presidential debate when he made a comment about "binders full of women" in reference to women entering the workforce.
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Another company learns the downside of 'social media.' The appliance seller KitchenAid has apologized for an 'irresponsible tweet' about President Obama's grandmother, whom he invoked during last night's debate. Apparently, an employee mistakenly sent out the critical comment on the corporate account, rather than a personal one.
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From "Binders Full of Women" to "You Didn't Build That," a look back at the best political memes from 2012.
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Often the people who friend or like others on Facebook aren't friends at all. According to the Washington Post, Mitt Romney lost nearly 593 Facebook friends between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The losses are happening so quickly, the drop in numbers can actually be watched.
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As Americans’ modes of communication change, the techniques that produce the most accurate polls seem to be changing as well.
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From the Big Bird memes to the animated GIFs of the candidates to the non-stop Invisible Obama jokes, the 2012 Election as a whole has been one of the most shared and commented-on events in social media history.
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In case you missed right-wing Twitter rants by Donald Trump, you can stop before driving "well past the last exit to relevance" and read them here. The Donald, as the world's greatest combover is still called, was about to end his latest "15 minutes" of fame, until NBC anchor Brian Williams came along and gave him another 41 seconds. This stopped Trump from tweeting about the Obama reelection as the end of the world and diverted him (for the time being) into tweeting about Brian Williams' TV ratings.
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The election may be over, but the online breakdown of how and why things went the way they did is still coming at us. Check out this infographic that analyzes the Facebook fan pages of both candidates in the final hours of the campaign to show some well-known and little known facts about the voters.
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Many of the memorable moments of this election cycle were mocked, altered and spread through online memes.
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It is probably safe to go out on a limb and predict one winner in 2012. The meme.
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It's hardly the most gut-bustingly funny routine a candidate ever came up with. But President Obama's claim that his opponent suffers from "Romnesia" appears to be going viral. That's right, just look for #romnesia.
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Within hours of Mitt Romney's serious fumble on women in the workforce (he claimed to not know any as governor of Massachusetts and needed to be given "binders full of women" in order to find one or two fit to hire), Amazon.com's customer reviews on this popular office supply have taken on new meaning. Rather than getting a straightforward review of the product's durability and affordability, clever hacks have taken to the site to offer up how certain binders hold up to holding women in their place...and more.
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How will social media users vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election? To find out, market research firm Lab42 surveyed 500 U.S. social media users.
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A survey reveals how Americans viewed the first presidential debate. The majority still used TV rather than digital devices. There wasn’t much difference across party lines — among Republicans, 9% went dual screen, as opposed to 11% of Democrats. Independents were the group that used two screens the most, at 13%.
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