K Street Cafe

Is the Tweet the New Sound Bite? (Congress.org)
During the State of the Union, most of the quotes the White House posted to Twitter were exact sentences taken directly from the speech. Could catchy tweets have had an influence on the low readability of the speech?

Redefining the “Social” Media Release (Adfero)
Discusses the two overall concepts that are crucial to understanding what a social media release actually is (or should be).

State of the Union, the Digital Party (Fast Company)
The State of the Union coverage is a demonstration of how the conversation in politics is shifting to a two-way dialogue between pols and constituents.

Holocaust Historical Data Goes Digital (NPR)
Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial, the world’s largest collection of Holocaust documents, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents interactive and searchable on the Internet.

Mayor Holds Tweet Conference: Democratic Boon, Bust or Both? (Death and Taxes)
The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, recently held a “tweet conference.” A look into the good and bad of social media for the nation’s electoral politics.

Obama’s State of the Union includes Google and Facebook
(Online Social Media)
In the State of the Union address yesterday, President Obama spoke on innovation saying that America was a nation of Google and Facebook.

For Obama, Getting Message Out Online Is a Challenge (The New York Times)
Obama interacts from time to time with a few highly motivated voters, but he has yet to find a new way to make himself accessible or compelling to the wider electorate online.

The State of the Union is…Annotated. (Tech President)
The White House new media team has announced that WhiteHouse.gov will host a simultaneous helping of visual aids during the State the Union.