Category: Social Media

The Google Surge and the YouTube Overlay

Some political and policy organizations are taking advantage of new forms of advertising available on YouTube and Google, according to this Clickz report. Political and advocacy groups have clearly caught on to the power of Web video, particularly on YouTube. However, while video is a great medium for eliciting an emotional response from viewers to […]

Taxpayer Funds to Tweet?

WSJ reports on House members’ use of social media and new media. Congressional rules bar lawmakers from using their free-mail privilege — known as franking — to send mass mailings through the U.S. Postal Service in the 90 days before an election. . . .  But rules for email, congressional Web sites and social-media tools […]