1. Observing Networked Politics ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Theoretical and empirical investigations of power and participation in the networked environment Sciences Po 26 May 2009 Yochai Benkler [email_address]

2. http://web.archive.org/web/20021202092031/www2.diebold.com/solutions/election/default.htm

5. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

7. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold Diebold response Media Exposure Maryland-required studies; modifications

8. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

9. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold Diebold DMCA

10. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

11. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

12. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

13. Overnet ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold

14. Overnet ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Diebold One year later

20. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Apache market share 1995-02/2008 Source: Netcraft Survey December 2008 Free/Open Source Software

22. Price-system Firms Government; Non-profits Market-based Non-market ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Four transactional frameworks

23. Price-system Firms Government; Non-profits Market-based Non-market ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ '90s Market-based reforms

24. Price-system Firms Social sharing & exchange Government; Non-profits Market-based Non-market ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Four transactional frameworks

25. Price-system Firms Social sharing & exchange Government; Non-profits Market-based Non-market ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Second industrial divide loosened

28. citizens professional values: journalism; universities public sphere The Mass Mediated Public Sphere commercial funding: The power of money government influence (funding; access; threats) The power of power parties

29. commercial funding: The power of money citizens professional values: journalism; universities public sphere The Networked Public Sphere government influence (funding; access; threats) The power of power parties?

30. Russ Kick, The Memory Hole, April 2004

46. What is a power law?

48. Glance and Adamic Political Blogosphere Small number of highly connected nodes accounts for majority of inlinks

50. Bursty relevance and salience: Even in the domain of opinion polls, where reputation is so important, Nate Silver becomes a major source in the span of 6 months

55. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ What is a moderate body?

62. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Kelly and Etling, 2008 Mixed observation techniques

66. Macaca Bomb Iran

70. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Participation platforms

71. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Participation platforms

72. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Left/Right divergent practices

73. ~10,000 participants in a platform with visibility roughly equivalent to TNR complicated to call this simply elitism; imperfect to call it fully egalitarian participation

75. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Benkler, Shaw, and Stodden 155 top political blogs Structured observation Link analysis to select high- impact sites Complemented by structured observation =>still small scale increasing capacity using online recruitment and management tools Left/Right divergent practices

76. Adamic & Glance 2005

77. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Benkler, Shaw, and Stodden 155 top political blogs Structured observation Link analysis to select high- impact sites Complemented by structured observation =>still small scale increasing capacity using online recruitment and management tools Left/Right divergent practices

80. Economics

84. Media Cloud

91. Fox News Jan 1-20, top five stories on googlenews search

92. New York Times Jan 1-20, top five stories on googlenews search

93. Informed Comment Jan 1-20, top five posts on google blog search Both for “ethnic cleansing” and “ethnic nationalism”

94. Media Cloud

98. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Benkler, Shaw, and Stodden 155 top political blogs Structured observation Link analysis to select high- impact sites Complemented by structured observation =>still small scale increasing capacity using online recruitment and management tools Left/Right divergent practices

101. “ Stolen Honor” ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Kerry campaign DNC FCC FEC

102. “ Stolen Honor” ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Kerry campaign DNC FCC FEC

103. “ Stolen Honor” ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Kerry campaign DNC FCC FEC

104. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 19 18 15 13 12 20 11/3 First report of “stolen honor” LA Times=>Talkingpointsmemo Boycott organized Democratic establishment vows action Ad cancellations begin; first media reports Lehman warning Sinclair declares will not air “stolen honor” Intense debate on multiple blogs; actions proposed and debated First attempts; Tactical discussions feedback; lots