I'm attending the panel discussion today in DC for the Politics Online conference on "Does Web 2.0 In Politics Work?" Exactly the type of leading question I like to use for most of my posts.
Obviously, Web 2.0 has played a significant role in this year's presidential election, setting the bar for future campaigns. The political world says that its trying to incorporate interaction and interactivity into online politics. So far, all we've seen is marketing in the name of Web 2.0. Can Web 2.0 work in the political space to build authentic collaborations between citizens and government? Or has it just another marketing gimmick? We'll see what the panelists have to say, including Chair: Charles Ellison of Blackpolicy.org, Lisa Stone from BlogHer, Patrick Hynes from New Media Strategies and Princella Smith of American Solutions for Winning the Future.