i just read through the new pace/e-volve report “power to the edges: trends and opportunities in online civic engagement” — a survey of the state of “online democracy” circa early 2005.
it’s an excellent summary. and i’m not just saying that because they quoted me liberally :-)
i do have some thoughts about some of the points in the report…
a nitpick: the report cites moveon’s “bush in 30 seconds” campaign, where moveon members made their own campaign commercials and voted on their favorites, as an example of a good network-centric campaign. i liked “bush in 30 seconds” myself. but the report’s account of the campaign ends by asserting that members were told to vote for the ad they thought would be m...
