Video from #obamaweb Event at JHU

As promised, here is the video from the "Internet Technology in the Obama Age: Helping People Change Government" the inaugural event of the Johns Hopkins University Internet and Mobile Communication Project held at Hopkins in DC on Monday, January 26, 2009.

The event received lively attention on Twitter with people posting using the #obamaweb hash-tag. I (@adamsegal) moderated the event with panelists Greg Elin of Sunlight Fdtn. (@gregelin), Adam Conner of Facebook (@adamconner), Jose Antonio Vargas of The Washington Post (@joseiswriting) and Joe Trippi the author/blogger and Democratic consultant(@joetrippi).

Below are embeds of the six video clips in order that comprise the complete event coverage. Sorry, the video was just too large to post in one segment.

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A huge shout-out to Jason Unger who created and edited this video to make it accessible online.

Adam Segal Featured on JHU's Great Ideas Podcast

I had the honor of serving as the guest scholar on the latest edition of the monthly Johns Hopkins University Great Ideas Podcast. It's a huge honor to be asked to participate in this podcast.

August 2008: Adam Segal, who teaches in the Master of Arts in Communication program in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Programs, is watching two key developments in this year's presidential campaign: outreach to Hispanic voters and increased use of interactive technology to market candidates.

In related news, I finished grading the massive stack of final papers for the students in my Internet Strategies course at JHU in Washington, DC this summer!

Philadelphia Inquirer Story on Immigration Issue in '08 Campaign

I'm quoted in today's Philadelphia Inquirer story on immigration and the 2008 presidential campaign.

Excerpt:

Obama was leading McCain among Hispanic voters nationwide 59 percent to 29 percent, according to a July 2 Gallup poll. The margin was larger in a more recent New York Times/CBS News poll.

"The political environment in the country is advantageous to Democrats right now, and Hispanic voters reflect that - they're very concerned about the economy and the war in Iraq," said Adam J. Segal, a marketing consultant who is director of the Hispanic Voter Project at Johns Hopkins University. Immigration is a "complicating factor for Republicans," Segal said.

As a group, Hispanics have been trending Democratic in modern elections, though Bush was able to cut into the party's usual margin in his 2000 and 2004 victories. Hispanic support for Democrats solidified in the 2006 congressional elections, when many GOP candidates took a hard-line stance against illegal immigration.