{"id":814,"date":"2008-11-01T19:41:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T23:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ibit\/?p=814"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:53:19","slug":"does-the-internet-matter-a-study-of-the-2008-presidential-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/ibit-report\/does-the-internet-matter-a-study-of-the-2008-presidential-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Internet matter? A study of the 2008 presidential primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/swattal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-817\" style=\"margin: 0px 7px;border: grey 3px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/wattalweb.png\" alt=\"Sunil Wattal\" width=\"75\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/dschuff\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-799\" style=\"margin: 0px 7px;border: grey 3px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dschuff.jpg\" alt=\"David Schuff\" width=\"75\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mmandviwalla\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819\" style=\"margin: 0px 7px;border: grey 3px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/mmandviwallaweb.jpg\" alt=\"Munir Mandviwalla\" width=\"75\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Sunil Wattal, David Schuff, Munir Mandviwalla<\/h3>\n<p>November 2008<\/p>\n<p>Will the Internet change the landscape of presidential politics? In this report, we show that Blogs had a significant impact on Gallup polls in the 2008 presidential campaign. YouTube and MySpace were beneficial to less known candidates. We discuss how the Internet can change the nature of competition in politics and replace or complement traditional media.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>The impact of blogs is a game changing result and could change the nature of politics<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IBITDoestheInternetMatter.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-776\" src=\"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DownloadNow.png\" alt=\"Download Now\" width=\"125\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a9 2011 The IBIT Report, Institute for Business and Information Technology, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. All rights reserved. ISSN 1938-1271.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will the Internet change the landscape of presidential politics? In this report, we show that Blogs had a significant impact on Gallup polls in the 2008 presidential campaign. YouTube and MySpace were beneficial to less known candidates. 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