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Session 1: Introduction and Overview

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The Presidential Inaugural Committee is offering Text Message updates on Inauguration Day. US citizens can Text HISTORY to 56333 to sign up for updates on how they can be a part of this historic moment wherever they are.

CNN.com: Partnering with Facebook so you can see your friends’ status updates while watching.
Current TV : Will add a Twitterstream to its coverage.
Ustream.tv: This stream will also be available on your iPhone, great for those along the parade route too far away to see the main stage.
Joost is also broadcasting the inauguration live.
Obama Girl is streaming her coverage on Stickam.
Second Life is hosting the inauguration with formal and informal balls. The event will also be live streamed within SL.

Where To Share

Twitter: Just search for “inauguration” or “Obama”. The chatter has already started.
NPR Inauguration Report: Run by NPR’s social media desk, it will be collecting dispatches from spectators via Twitter, Flicr, YouTube, and text message. All Tweets or text messages that start with “#inaug09″ or “#dctrip09″ will be included in NPR’s feed, as well as Flickr photos and YouTube videos tagged “inaug09″ or “dctrip09.”
CNN/Microsoft 3D Photosynth: People at the inauguration can upload their photos and Microosft will combine them into a 3D panoramic Photosynth. (Potential applications to Human Rights?).

The White House Blog: hopefully, the administration will continue some of the experiments with citizen participation which it tried on Change.gov, its transition Website. Whitehouse.gov certainly has the same look and feel.
Change (U.S.) Politics (iTunes link). Cast your approval rating of the Obama administration across 14 issues
PolitFact’s Obameter: Obama made more than 500 promises during the election campaign. Track how many he keeps with the Obameter.
Create a Transparent and Connected Democracy:
- Open Up Government to its Citizens: Use cutting-edge technologies to create a new level of transparency, accountability, and participation for America's citizens.
- Bring Government into the 21st Century: Use technology to reform government and improve the exchange of information between the federal government and citizens while ensuring the security of our networks.
Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way: Can Obama transform his net-based electoral strength, into a policy and advocacy tool that will strengthen his presidency?
Interactive Inauguration: This is just the beginning (Wired).

The Wealth of Networks
- Can we solve real world problems with the Internet?
- Is Benkler's notion of the 'networked public sphere' persuasive? What are the weaknesses in his argument?
- Where are the battles of the 'networked public sphere' being fought? What institutions have a stake in these battles?

The Prospects for Cyberocracy
- Do you think we're headed toward a cyberocracy?
- Are democracies or repressive regimes more likely to thrive in a cyberocracy?
- Does new technology favor democracy?
- Will new technologies speed the collapse of the Castro regime in Cuba?

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