Social Media and The New Political Landscape

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Date

Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:30pm EDT — Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:00pm EDT

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Likes, Tweets, Shares—what politicians once considered a foreign language has become crucial to their political survival. Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith moderates a conversation with Dan Rather, Rachel Sklar (Change the Ratio) and Brian Stelter (New York Times) that looks at the evolution of social media in politics: how politicians, groups and activists are successfully using new media platforms to build support and where they are falling short.