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A political blog about digital media, data, research and consulting.All the BEST Polls Agree With Me
In today's Science Friday, we explore biases in polling - BUT we explore it from the angle of the interpretation of polls. In a paper from Madison & Hillygus (both from Duke), they conclude that while most political nerds will evaluate a poll by reviewing the...
Trumps Victory in Miami-Dade Florida in 2020
Oh Miami! The city of my favorite show as a kid (Miami Vice), white sand beaches, Cuban food, and a kaleidoscope of culture. This Florida boy loves him some Miami. Miami-Dade is the county that includes the Miami we all know and love. Miami (Dade County) is also a...
Reintroducing Political Science Fridays
Political Research Fridays One of the most popular segments of this blog was "Political Science Fridays". It was a blog post each Friday that presented a quick hit of academic research in the areas of political science, political psychology, and/or voting behavior. At...
Amelia’s 2021 TRENDS IN DIGITAL MEDIA, POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND DATA
Digital Media Censorship has been an issue in the past as we know and it isn’t going anywhere in 2021. The problem will only increase as tech companies continue to gain power and influence. People on the right side of the aisle feel this issue far more than the left....
Ben’s 2021 Trends in Digital Media, Political Research, and Data
Digital Media Peer-to-peer (P2P) Texting With an estimated 3 billion political texts sent during the 2020 election - texting has become an effective weapon for political campaigns. This number is expected to grow as more campaigns include texting in their political...
2021 Trends in Digital Media, Political Research, and Political Ad Tech
Digital Media The acceleration of TV to Online. Far too many people have been saying “TV is Dead” for far too long - ignoring the actual amount of television people watch. Americans watch, on average, an astounding nearly 8 hours of television a day. (Nielsen). We...
Amelia’s Review of 2020: Political Research, Data, and Digital Media
This year, Ozean's top staff will be presenting their own "Year in Review of 2020" comprised of their top takes in three areas: Digital Media, Political Research, and Political Data.This is Amelia's review of 2020 in political research, data, and digital media. A...
Ben’s Review of 2020: Political Digital Media, Research, and Data
This year, Ozean’s top staff will be presenting their own “Year in Review of 2020” comprised of their top takes in three areas: Digital Media, Political Research, and Political Data. This is Ben’s review of 2020 in...
Alex’s Review of 2020: Political Research, Data, and Digital Media
This year, Ozean's top staff will be presenting their own "Year in Review of 2020" comprised of their top takes in three areas: Digital Media, Political Research, and Political Data.This is Alex's review of 2020 in political research, data, and digital media. Three...
A Christmas Message from Ozean
“Thinking warmly of each of you and wishing your family an extra measure of comfort, joy, and hope this Christmas.” Midnight Mass is one of my favorite times of the year. The tradition, the music, the peacefulness, and the quiet reflection - just a specific time to...
2020 Electoral College Contest Results
Ozean Media and Meer Research recently sponsored a contest asking people to predict the Electoral College outcome for 2020. We thought we would share the predictions and results with you. Winner of Electoral College – Biden / Harris 90% of the contestants picked the...
Election 2020 – Alachua Style
Was asked a question, "What precincts are you watching closely for Election Night in Alachua?" The true answer is "none", but if I were to watch some here is what they would be: There are several precincts that were close to 50 / 50 in 2016. There are 5 that were...