Workshop: YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States, April 3-4, 2009

研讨会：YouTube 与美国 2008 年选举周期，2009 年 4 月 3 日至 4 日

• 批准号: 0903886
• 负责人: Stuart Shulman
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903886&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; YouTube; 2008; Election; Cycle

This workshop focuses on the impact of YouTube and Web 2.0 on the 2008 election cycle in the United States. It brings together scholar in Political Science, Computer Science, and related disciplines to examine this topic. At this time, most work concerning the impact of the web on politics is of an anecdotal matter. There does not exist agreed upon standards on how to approach this topic. One of the purposes of this workshop is to serve as a catalyst to develop baseline measures, metrics, integrative tools, and uniform repositories to facilitate the study of the impact of Web 2.0 on politics in a coherent manner. It will also serve to develop new teams and networks of scholars working on projects involving this subject matter.In addition, the research presented at and resulting from this workshop will demonstrate new technical and analytic opportunities and highlight where there is a need for more focusesd research and tool development. The results of the workshop might also be of interest to practioners.

该研讨会的重点是YouTube和Web 2.0对2008年选举周期的影响。 它汇集了政治学，计算机科学和相关学科的学者，以研究该主题。 目前，关于网络对政治影响的大多数工作都是轶事问题。 不存在有关如何处理该主题的标准。 该研讨会的目的之一是作为催化剂，以开发基线措施，指标，集成工具和统一存储库，以促进以连贯的方式研究Web 2.0对政治的影响。 它还将有助于开发新的团队和网络的学者，从事涉及该主题的项目的工作。此外，该研讨会上介绍和进行的研究将展示新的技术和分析机会，并突出显示需要进行更多焦点研究和工具开发的地方。 研讨会的结果也可能引起执业医师的关注。