Guest Editor´s Introduction
YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States
Michael Xenos
Research Papers
Congressional Candidates’ Use of YouTube in 2008: Its Frequency and Rationale
Girish J. "Jeff" Gulati and Christine B. Williams The Sidetracked 2008 YouTube Senate Campaign
Robert J. Klotz YouTube Politics: YouChoose and Leadership Rhetoric During the 2008 Election
Scott H. Church Macaca Moments Reconsidered: Electoral Panopticon or Netroots Mobilization?
David Karpf "Yes We Can": How Online Viewership, Blog Discussion, Campaign Statements, and Mainstream Media Coverage Produced a Viral Video Phenomenon
Kevin Wallsten
Online Video "Friends" Social Networking: Overlapping Online Public Spheres in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
Scott P. Robertson, Ravi K. Vatrapu, and Richard Medina A New Opportunity for Democratic Engagement: The CNN-YouTube Presidential Candidate Debates
LaChrystal Ricke
Review Essay
The Obamachine: Technopolitics 2.0
Cheris A. Carpenter
Workbench Note
Supporting Research Data Collection from YouTube with TubeKit
Chirag Shah
Keynote Lecture
Internet Research: The Question of Method—A Keynote Address from the YouTube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States Conference
Richard Rogers
