  Here's two posts on the urlLink conference from urlLink Bonnie Bracey .  This first was posted on the Digital Divide listserv:  Date:  Thu,  8 Jul 2004 10: 49:
03 - 0400 From:  Bonnie Bracey >  Subject:  [ DIGITALDIVIDE Syracuse Conference-
 A Look at Politics on Line Phil Noble,  urlLink Politics Online. com The winners will be those who learn the new technologies and use it.  The media does not get to always tell the story.  This has been demonstrated a lot in many ways.  Blogs,
 and individual reports ,  and camera phones or video fill in the blanks.  Notes from Keynote of the 2004 Summer Institute on Digital Empowerment Speaker,  Phil Noble War in Iraq Rise of new alternative media as credible news sources globally changed the world.  Al Jazerra Blog Phenomenono- citizen journalism Media companies co-
opted by " embedding"  reports with troops Instant news via" net preferred over processed by media companies They are patterned as the BBC,  was to share information.  Al Jazeera runs more hours of unedited uninterrupted news media than any other sources in the war.
 CyberTerrorism Worked even when under attack Their Al- Qaeda and terrorist network proved effective Show me Journalism,  instant demand for proof changed the way in which the world reactes to the news.  People want proof.  So the visual media tells the story.  Uday and Qusay Deaths Search for WMD and nuclear facilities Iranian student protests and pictures via web and instant global response Capture of Hussein It is the pictures that reach everyone and makes a difference Napster meets politics Nater Trader in US 00 election.
 Voteswap 2000. com claimed almost 130, 00 traded vostes in less than a week before shut down.  MoveOn or.  48 hours online primary.  317693 participants a new technological tool for campaign organization.
 Meetup. org and '04 US election All presidential candidates are using the new tool Dean had over 113, 00 meetup participants.  This changed politics in the US forever.  The Internet makes politics more flexible big money is important and will find its way in but the doorway has been narrowed.  Little money amasses well on the internet.
 Short sound byte new media took up Howard Dean,  and old media took him down.  After the Dean Iowa battle,  Dean was Rise of the Second Super Power Can citizens worldwide join through communcations technology,  engage international institutions and become a transnational second superpower to counter balance and dialogue with the US government in its role as superpower,  Jime Moore,
 Harvard Fellow Second Superpower WTO and antiglobalization protest mobilization ,  organization with PDAs' and cell phones Global AntiWar Demonstrations Feb15 - 16 10 12 milliont people in 60 countries ,  the largest protest of its kind for a long time.  Howard Dean Demonstrated the potential in electoral politiec from joke to Democratic frontrunner in six months via online Campain began with 'net and not add on Non- traditional grass roots,
 bottom up,  empowering others Proof of the rise from peer to peer I lost control of this campaign long ago it it scares the hell oujt of me.  Joe Trippi,  March 03 SMS and Video Phones more pronounced outside of the US Instant notification of events and news Smart Mobs mobile phone use already has allowed protesters to instantly organize themselves.  with 3G videophones ubiquitous,  citizens submit videos instantly to blogs.
 This provides an alternative viewpoint.  Multinational E- Democrary and Global Opinion/  Interaction UN Online Global Poll for Jo'burg Summit E- vote with Greek EU Presidency BBC World Forum,  Islam and the West Politics on line BBCS projects,
 Beta I can,  Un Millennium Development Goals,  Transition of Power,  Have your say .  see wwww. bbc.
 The digital divide is narrowing.  The divide is starting to close with falling costs of technology- Moore's Law Skipping tech generations re mobile phones and not land lines Many small successes to serve as examples.  Near universal agreement that connection is empowerment.  Digital grandmother in tennis shoes. is working.
 Local leaders,  e voting and e goverment.  Local official showing leadership ,  local impact Issey les Moulineaux and Cyber Vote Barcelona E Democrary experiment' Lots more.  See Politicker (  weekly news wire)
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