JITP's special issue on YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States is out

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Volume 7 Issue 2 & 3 2010

Kevin Wallsten's article is free to non-subscribers. Here's the lineup:

GUEST EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States — Michael Xenos

RESEARCH PAPERS

Congressional Candidates’ Use of YouTube in 2008: Its Frequency and Rationale — Girish J. “Jeff” Gulati and Christine B. Williams

The Sidetracked 2008 YouTube Senate Campaign — Robert J. Klotz

YouTube Politics: YouChoose and Leadership Rhetoric During the 2008 Election — Scott H. Church

Macaca Moments Reconsidered: Electoral Panopticon or Netroots Mobilization? — David Karpf

“Yes We Can”: How Online Viewership, Blog Discussion, Campaign Statements, and Mainstream Media Coverage Produced a Viral Video Phenomenon — Kevin Wallsten

Online Video “Friends” Social Networking: Overlapping Online Public Spheres in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election — Scott P. Robertson, Ravi K. Vatrapu, and Richard Medina

A New Opportunity for Democratic Engagement: The CNN-YouTube Presidential Candidate Debates — LaChrystal Ricke

REVIEW ESSAY

The Obamachine: Technopolitics 2.0 — Cheris A. Carpenter

WORKBENCH NOTE

Supporting Research Data Collection from YouTube with TubeKit — Chirag Shah

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Internet Research: The Question of Method: A Keynote Address from the YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States Conference — Richard Rogers