Comments on: Israeli Conservatives Copy Obama Web Tactics http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/11/21/israeli-conservatives-copy-obama-web-tactics/ Thoughts from the Internet and Democracy Project team at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:33:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: affiliateinternetmarketingtipgirl http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/11/21/israeli-conservatives-copy-obama-web-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-18377 affiliateinternetmarketingtipgirl Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:14:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/?p=311#comment-18377 I love the great posts in this blog and I have added it to my bookmark, thank you! I love the great posts in this blog and I have added it to my bookmark, thank you!

]]> By: The Paris Blog » Blog Archive » Copycat Sarkozy http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/11/21/israeli-conservatives-copy-obama-web-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-3751 The Paris Blog » Blog Archive » Copycat Sarkozy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:26:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/?p=311#comment-3751 [...] you though it was shameless for Benjamin Netanyahu to blatantly copy Obama’s website. Now Sarkozy is ripping off the Shepard Fairey posters. I guess it’s [...] [...] you though it was shameless for Benjamin Netanyahu to blatantly copy Obama’s website. Now Sarkozy is ripping off the Shepard Fairey posters. I guess it’s [...]

]]> By: Gad Barzilai http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/11/21/israeli-conservatives-copy-obama-web-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-3560 Gad Barzilai Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:09:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/?p=311#comment-3560 The essay is accurate, indeed the Obama's campaign did have an impact on Israeli politicians regarding tactic of electoral efforts to mobilize resources. However. Israeli politicians have used the internet even before but to a limited degree. What Israeli politicians don't get, yet, is that the Internet cannot constitute communities rather it may enable to reflect and mobilize communities. The probability of virtual communities to be sustained for long as a source of political resources is limited without off-line roots of a sociopolitical collectivity. Professor Gad Barzilai, International Studies, Law and Political Science University of Washington The essay is accurate, indeed the Obama’s campaign did have an impact on Israeli politicians regarding tactic of electoral efforts to mobilize resources. However. Israeli politicians have used the internet even before but to a limited degree. What Israeli politicians don’t get, yet, is that the Internet cannot constitute communities rather it may enable to reflect and mobilize communities. The probability of virtual communities to be sustained for long as a source of political resources is limited without off-line roots of a sociopolitical collectivity.

Professor Gad Barzilai,
International Studies, Law and Political Science
University of Washington

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