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Has Twitter Made Democracy Impossible?

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Has Twitter Made Democracy Impossible?

The New Republic

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Partner:: New Republic
Location:: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
New York, NY
Event Date:: 11.15.12
Speakers:: Arianna Huffington,; Chris Hughes,; Peter Thiel
Tags:: twitter; democracy

Summary

A Conversation Exploring the State of Civil Discourse in America What will political discourse under the next administration look like? In the days following the election, join Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Chris Hughes, Huffington Post Media Group President and Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington, and entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel for a look at how emerging technologies -- social networks, the advent of the "real-time web," and mobile access -- have changed our information and media landscape and how they may impact our political discourse in the next administration.

	Arianna Huffington Huffington Post Media Group President and Editor-in-Chief
	Peter Thiel Entrepreneur and Investor
	Moderated by Chris Hughes New Republic Editor-in-Chief and Publisher

Bio

Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist, author of eleven books and co-founder and editor of the HuffingtonPost.com. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's popular political roundtable program.

Her weekly commentary is syndicated in newspapers across the country by Tribune Media Services. Huffington's many books include On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life, Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America, and Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America.

Chris Hughes

As editor-in-chief and publisher of The New Republic, a renowned American magazine of politics and culture, Chris Hughes is a leading voice on the future of media. A founder of social media startups including Facebook and My.BarackObama.com, Hughes may seem an unlikely champion of print magazines, but as a respected digital innovator he is well-positioned to both defend and revolutionize traditional journalism.

In the face of increasingly urgent predictions of print media’s demise, Hughes argues that social networking and the capabilities of the Internet can help develop high-quality journalism and make it more accessible than ever before. An ardent believer in the social role of journalism in society, Hughes purchased The New Republic in March 2012 to preserve the magazine’s tradition of critical thinking and nuanced long-form analysis. Since taking the helm, he has initiated plans to help the nearly century-old institution take full advantage of the digital age, including a full redesign of the print publication and website. Under Hughes’ direction, The New Republic has become a trailblazer in the effort to redefine the news industry.

Hughes began his career as a developer and entrepreneur of new media in 2004, when he cofounded Facebook with his Harvard roommates and served first as the site’s spokesperson, then as a leader of its product and user experience team. In 2007, he became director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, where his success generating grassroots support revolutionized the use of the Web as a political tool. Hughes helped Obama raise more than $500 million online from over two million donations.

Peter Thiel

American entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, and venture capitalist. With Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal and was its CEO. He currently serves as president of Clarium Capital Management LLC, a global macro hedge fund with more than $6 billion under management, and a managing partner in The Founders Fund, a $275 million under management venture capital fund he launched with Ken Howery and Luke Nosek in 2005. He was an early investor in Facebook, the popular social-networking site, and sits on the company's Board of Directors.

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01 hr 15 min 11 sec

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01.: Introduction

03 min 59 sec

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02.: How Do You Use Social Media?

05 min 56 sec

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03.: Do You Still Read the Newspaper?

01 min 30 sec

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04.: The Phenomena of Uninformed Citizens?

05 min 22 sec

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05.: Polarization - Are Republicans To Blame?

08 min 18 sec

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06.: Should the Social and Mainstream Media Be Held Accountable?

02 min 51 sec

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07.: How Do We Break Out of the "Bureaucratic Paradigm?"

05 min 18 sec

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08.: Covering Positive Stories in the Media

06 min 24 sec

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09.: The State of Innovation in America?

10 min 10 sec

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10.: Huffington Post Editorial Strategy?

04 min 22 sec

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11.: Can New Technologies Help Get Better Ideas Into the Government?

03 min 40 sec

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12.: Politics vs. Communicating Directly Via Technology?

03 min 32 sec

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13.: Why Don't We Have More Political Parties?

01 min 49 sec

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14.: Does Tweeting Distract From Discourse?

02 min 21 sec

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15.: Inspiring People to Broaden Their Ambitions?

04 min 03 sec

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16.: Can Twitter Empower Voices?

05 min 35 sec

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Peter Thiel: New Tech Has Created 'Political Atheism'

01 min 43 sec

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Peter Thiel compares political engagement in the era of modern technology and social media to the twentieth century when politicians were able to keep the public uninformed of their actions.
Arianna Huffington: Start Ignoring Political Polls

02 min 16 sec

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Arianna Huffington faults the media for an "obsession with polls" as sources for reporting stories. She questions the usefulness of the cohort sampled who actually agree to answer polling questions.
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01 hr 15 min 11 sec

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