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5 ways to use social media to join in the live presidential debate tonight (#debates)

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Long gone are the days of simply watching presidential debates on television or listening on the radio. With the first presidential debate of the 2012 election tonight, you can bet there will be social interactions of epic proportions.

 

President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney won’t only face off in front of the cameras tonight, news outlets and supporters will take to the interwebz to voice their observations and opinions. The debate starts tonight at 9 PM ET from the University of Denver in Colorado. It will be 90 minutes long with a focus on domestic issues. On television, the debates will air on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN Espanol and others. The moderator is Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS).

Here’s are a few ways you can follow along or join in a conversation:

1. Realtime Sentiment via USA Today (powered by Twitter)

View what people think about the candidates in real-time. The meter tracks the Twitter Political Index, a daily measure of sentiment expressed by Twitter users about President Obama and Mitt Romney.

2. Twitter

Official Hasthag: #debates

Some news outlets (e.g. #CNNdebate) or political affiliations may have additional hashtags (e.g. #republican, #democrat). @PiersMorgan has his own hashtag:


I’ll be live-tweeting the first Presidential debate tonight at 9pm/ET. Watch CNN and share your views with me using the hashtag #PMTdebate
October 3, 2012 10:10 AM via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@piersmorgan
Piers Morgan

The hashtag that is being used by the host facility of the debate, University of Denver, is #DebateDenver.

You can follow all #debates tweets on the Twitter Events page.

Twitter List: A Twitter list of the candidates, news outlets and bloggers covering the #debates live: Presidential Debates 2012

3. There’s no shortage of live streams available for tonight.

Here is PBS NewsHour:

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You can watch live coverage via The YouTube Politics Channel. All politics, all the time.

(Here’s the link to the embed code if you’d like to post the channel on your site.)

You can  even watch a Spanish version of the live stream via Univision Live.

4. WNYC

They’re making the debates more fun with Debate Bingo (#debatebingo). Watch, chat and play along.  The chat starts at 8:00pm EST and the debate starts at 9p EST.

5. HuffPo

In addition to their live coverage via HuffPost Live, they share the latest general election polls via HuffPost Pollster. They even have a nifty Electoral Outlook interactive image you can visit to see current results.

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FAVE JOB ALERT: 4 new #job openings at @Twitter for those interested in sports, government or entertainment

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There are some seriously cool sports, government and entertainment openings over at ole Twitter. Looks like they’re revving up their production of curated and original online content. If you “live and breathe” the world of Twitter, you might want to check these out.

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FAVE SOCIAL: 4 subreddits you’ll learn a lot from (or at least keep you entertained)

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Memes, I mean content is king on reddit. There’s a lot of free knowledge floating around over there. These are few places I go to glean new info.

4. One of my FAVE subreddits to stalk is Life Pro Tips. 

You’ll learn things like:

 

3. How to do almost anything. I mean it. Anything.

Like:

 

2. Need more news headlines? There’s a subreddit for that. Check out World News (non-US).

You’ll see headlines like:

 

1. Probably my FAVE subreddit. Have a question…about anything? Ask Reddit  is the place for that.

Check out gems like:

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FAVE RESEARCH: 7 things to know about how we consume news on our digital devices

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A new survey released as part of PEW Research Center’s annual State of the News Media Report looks at how we consume news on our digital devices.

 

I know you’re swamped and that you’d love to read What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News in its entirety. However, I also know that you have a full inbox, major deadlines looming and let’s face it, lots of tweets to read and photos to post on Instagram. I’ll make this easy for you. I read the article and here are seven things that will give you the gist of the survey findings. Read. Digest the info. Offer your thoughts.

  1. Just 9% of digital news consumers very often follow news recommendations from Facebook or from Twitter on any of the three digital devices (computers, smartphones or tablets).
  2. More than twice as many digital news consumers follow news recommendations from Facebook than follow them from Twitter.
  3. 71% of those who ever follow news links on Facebook also get news somewhat or very often by going directly to a news organization’s website or app.
  4. When asked who sends you most of the news stories you read or watch via Facebook, 70% said friends and family.
  5. Those who get news via Facebook were more likely to feel the news they received there is news they largely would have gotten elsewhere.
  6. Twitter news followers tend to be more heavily mobile than the public at large, and they lean toward smartphones in particular.
  7. Twitter news followers are more likely to be male, 57% versus 44% of Facebook users and 48% of the population over all.



Click here for a full Topline of the report

(Photo Credit: StateOfTheMedia.org)

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FAVE iOS APP: News Booth turns any photo into “breaking news”

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Turn your photos into breaking news screenshots with News Booth.

If only every moment of your life was important enough to be breaking news. Wait? What’s that? This just in… IT CAN. Have some fun with the new News Booth app and create your own news out of otherwise mundane photos.

Upload or take your own photo, choose from four different themes and add your own text—then save to your library or share online. That’s all it takes to get the news out about your new shoes or Pinterest-inspired meal.

It’s free in the App Store until February 25.

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H/t @appadvice