Take a look at the following sites that have been influential in this election season and answer the following questions for each with a partner. We will discuss these questions at the end of class as well as issues from today's readings, so nothing written needs to be handed in.

1. What does the site do?

2. How does the site encourage communicative exchange among citizens either online or offline?

3. To what extent do these sites transform the democratic process? How do they transform the democratic process?

http://www.moveon.org/

http://www.meetup.com/

http://www.factcheck.org/