Earlier this week, GWU and other sponsors held a "Politics Online" conference.
One speaker, David Karpf, has done research on progressive and conservative blogs. He created the "Blogosphere Authority Index," which ranks the top 25 blogs for each side based on factors including traffic, hyperlinks, etc. He's now using this information to determine the relationship between a political party's blog "authority" and support for the party in question.
There was also someone there from YouGov Polimetrix. He talked extensively about polling mode and methodology -- the diminishing accuracy of telephone polling along with the lack of an adequate replacement for it. His company moved toward a more blended (online and telephone) approach during the '08 election and they came up with statistically similar results to those they found in previous elections. This could mean that a big shift in political information-gathering is coming.
The e-campaign gurus for both presidential candidates were in attendance as well. They gave a joint keynote question and answer session, which was full of helpful information and snide remarks from both sides.
More information about the conference is available on its wiki. Video for some of the sessions is supposed to be posted in the near future.
One speaker, David Karpf, has done research on progressive and conservative blogs. He created the "Blogosphere Authority Index," which ranks the top 25 blogs for each side based on factors including traffic, hyperlinks, etc. He's now using this information to determine the relationship between a political party's blog "authority" and support for the party in question.
There was also someone there from YouGov Polimetrix. He talked extensively about polling mode and methodology -- the diminishing accuracy of telephone polling along with the lack of an adequate replacement for it. His company moved toward a more blended (online and telephone) approach during the '08 election and they came up with statistically similar results to those they found in previous elections. This could mean that a big shift in political information-gathering is coming.
The e-campaign gurus for both presidential candidates were in attendance as well. They gave a joint keynote question and answer session, which was full of helpful information and snide remarks from both sides.
More information about the conference is available on its wiki. Video for some of the sessions is supposed to be posted in the near future.
-Caitlyn
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