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

这次研讨会的重点是YouTube和Web 2.0对2008年美国选举周期的影响。 它汇集了政治学，计算机科学和相关学科的学者来研究这个话题。 在这个时候，大多数关于网络对政治影响的工作都是轶事。 关于如何处理这一问题，目前还没有商定的标准。 本次研讨会的目的之一是作为一种催化剂，开发基线措施，指标，综合工具和统一的存储库，以促进研究Web 2.0对政治的影响，在一个连贯的方式。 它还将有助于发展从事这一主题项目的新的学者团队和网络，此外，在这次研讨会上提出的研究和由此产生的研究将展示新的技术和分析机会，并突出需要更有重点的研究和工具开发的地方。 研讨会的结果也可能会引起从业人员的兴趣。

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.