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top two reasons that Facebook users unfriend people is that they post too frequently on trivial topics or about polarizing subjects - particularly politics and religion.

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Truth in political social ad campaigns on twitter. Could have interesting implications on whether an algorithm could determine the honesty/authenticity of a brand.

Politics meets earned media - UK wants to regulate use of earned media in advertising; namely, content that harms, misleads, or offends could not be used even if it comes from a user's comment or post on FB/twitter.

despite the rise of digital media, people prefer the the television for their political advertisements.

"In the opening passage of Do Machines Make History (1967), Robert Heilbroner argues that technology has a direct bearing on the human drama of history-but it does not make all of history. The challenge he identifies is whether something systematic can be said about the matter. In this piece, I briefly evaluate the degree to which technological change shapes historical change. I leave discussion on reasons why technologies change for other debates-instead focusing on the effects of technology, irrespective of their determinants. I suggest that while historical change depends on more than just technology, technology plays an unignorable role. Technology expands the range of actions for history-makers, exerts political influence (whether reflecting or independent of the intent of its makers), and can invite a cascade of further technological change."

"But someone must still curate all of this citizen journalism, and that's where a group called Video The Vote comes in. A member of a network of voting rights groups known as the Election Protection Coalition, Video the Vote wants anybody who notices voting problems to document the situation and bring the footage to its attention. "In an era of partisan voter purges, onerous ID requirements, and organized intimidation, it's not enough for citizens to just cast their ballots," says Matt Pascarella, Video The Vote's campaign director. In addition to collecting citizen uploads, he'll field a national network of his own videographers to target swing-state hotspots."

Funny interactive site

Data visualizations of social conversations and sentiment have also been used on air like never before. As these historic nights unfold, Bluefin Labs will be monitoring public reaction to televised events and providing real time feedback to ABC News anchors, correspondents and producers giving ABC News viewers one more way to see the whole picture.

When the Tom Hanks-narrated, Hollywood-style documentary, called "The Road We've Traveled," is set to go online Thursday night, it will appear on a new YouTube platform that enables the Obama campaign to turn the passive experience of watching a video into an organizing and fund-raising tool. The technology will allow viewers to post campaign content to their Facebook pages, volunteer and donate all without having to leave Mr. Obama's dedicated YouTube page.

FTC forming policies on social marketing

CNN and Facebook partnering to launch an app called I'm Voting that will enable Facebook users to commit to vote for and endorse specific candidates and issues, and their commitments will be displayed on their timelines, news feeds, and tickers.

B Party "Glam-Paign" via social meda 

 YouTube Elections Hub, a one-stop shop for election news featuring coverage from eight different news organizations.