InfoAnda - Internet is new battleground in Brazil presidential poll

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

Seoul shares end higher led by techs, shipbuilders =2 | 16 July 2009
Karate Kid crunches A-Team at box office | | 14 June 2010
Shakespeare texts pledged to London's Globe theatre | Entertainment | | 7 November 2008

Thai PM vows to retake Bangkok protest site | 25 April 2010

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : Internet is new battleground in Brazil presidential poll

Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Internet is new battleground in Brazil presidential poll AFP - Friday, October 29 Send IM Story Print Internet is new battleground in Brazil presidential poll Slideshow: Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines SAO PAULO (AFP) - – Supporters of Brazils presidential run-off candidates are plugging into the Internet as never before, using online posts to highlight the campaigns -- and to spread or deny rumors swaying voters. The web has become a battleground where those backing frontrunner Dilma Rousseff, the ruling party candidate, and those behind former Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra, are locked in a war of words, photos and videos. The two candidates seeking to succeed outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's run-off are being buffeted by the electronic war, sometimes losing total control as information -- true or false -- goes viral. Pollyana Ferrari, a digital journalism professor at the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, said Rousseff and Serra are not "Web 2.0 candidates" using the Internet to interact directly with voters but more "Web 1.0 types" who are keen to try new techniques. Thus their campaigns had to react not only to a daily email onslaught from "trolls" seeking to spark controversy with misleading texts or faked videos, but also a public that was taking up campaign themes to create their own participative dialogue. "They (the candidates) weren't prepared," for the activity unleashed through the Internet, Ferrari told AFP. "Brazilians are crazy about social networking.... They love to show off, talk, display photos," she said. In fact, social network sites and tools such as Facebook, Google's Orkut, Twitter and blogs are the preferred online destinations for 86 percent of Brazil's 70 million Internet users, according to the Ibope trends analysis firm. From those sites are born online phenomena, like "Dilma boy" -- a music video set to a Lady Gaga tune in which a teenager sings lines supporting Rousseff like "Sorry Serra, but you're gonna lose" and "She's our new Evita Peron." The video has 300,000 hits on YouTube and counting. Initially, the candidates' campaigns tried to create a web presence by contracting advertising experts to build online promotional sites. But with the contest becoming more bitter the closer Sunday's run-off has come, the jostling has spilled over into no-holds-barred digital jabs. "There has been an increase in all sorts of insults, and arguments have taken over the Internet," Ferrari said. The professor said such a development was predictable, and those in charge of the campaigns should have expected Brazilians to get involved via their home computers and smartphones. They should have also been prepared for issues generated on the Internet to spread to the mainstream media and public debate, as they have. "An item based on a Twitter post was on the nightly news" and ended up being seen my millions of people who did not have Internet access, she said. One such issue was abortion. A chain of emails rehashing a pro-abortion interview Rousseff gave years ago appeared just before the first round of the election on October 3. Many Catholic and evangelical voters fiercely attached to Brazil's ban on abortions defected from Rousseff at the last minute, robbing her of the outright victory surveys had forecast she would grab. Rousseff herself was forced to respond, appearing several days later in very pious form at a Catholic event in Sao Paulo. She also went on television saying she saw no reason to change the law against abortions. "When those in charge of the campaigns don't intervene, rumors take hold very quickly. You just can't control them," Ferrari said. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Microsoft net profit soars on record revenue AFP - 29 minutes ago US-TECH Summary Reuters - 46 minutes ago Facebook, Twitter say social is the new normal Reuters - 46 minutes ago Dazzboard takes music collections to Facebook AFP - 53 minutes ago Verizon to pay $25 million settlement for overcharging Reuters - 1 hour 46 minutes ago News Search Top Stories IMF says dollar 'overvalued' ExxonMobil profit soars 55 percent in third quarter Hopes for treaty rise at UN biodiversity summit Shell adjusted net profit soars 88% Profits jump at BASF and Bayer More Top Stories » Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search EnginesLatest development in the online world All Full Coverage » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Conservation hope as vertebrates face extinction Spectacular unknown species found in Amazon Bond's Aston Martin sold at auction for 2.6 million IMF says dollar 'overvalued' VW profit soars, warns slowdown in sight More Most Viewed » Time, like all good things, may come to an end: study Spectacular unknown species found in Amazon Too much TV psychologically harms kids: study Iranian chocolate thief 'to have hand chopped off' Ancient galaxy is more than 13 billion light years away More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Entertainment Photos Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

Other News on Friday, 29 October 2010
Palestinians, Egypt say Mideast focus still on talks
French strikers rally in last ditch bid to halt pension bill
Egypt backs Palestinian demands as peace impasse persists
Facebook lets friends share online memories
Merkel stands firm on EU treaty change at showdown summit
IMF says dollar 'overvalued'
Palestinians, Egypt say Mideast focus still on talks |
U.S. prepares new offer for Iran nuclear talks
US-TECH Summary
ETA's banned political wing to unveil new party
ExxonMobil profit soars 55 percent in third quarter
Syria flouts Lebanon sovereignty, arms militants says U.S.
Facebook celebrity game borrows from fantasy sports
U.S. prepares new offer for Iran nuclear talks |
Intel, Samsung and Toshiba join hands to halve chip size: report
SWAT Team Standoff Ends With Cop, 2 Suspects Dead
EU leaders back treaty change to ward off crises |
Afghan wedding collapse kills 65
Prosthetic Leg Believed To Be That of Missing Girl
'Nearly 6,000 complaints against Afghan vote'
Internet is new battleground in Brazil presidential poll
Researchers Plan To Electronically Record, Interpret Dreams
Kuwaiti court upholds acquittals in U.S. base plot
Garth Brooks To Perform First Nashville Concert In Over A Decade To Benefit Flood Victims
Hezbollah calls on Lebanese to boycott Hariri court |
Google promises French watchdog advert transparency
MI6 chief says spying crucial to stop Iran nuclear drive
Consumers Cutting Back Less This Holiday Season Than In "Recession Years"
Russia calls on US to probe WikiLeaks documents
Tomatoes beat manifestos in Egypt election race
Kodak Posts Smaller 3Q Loss
Special report: Tech money flows to Whitman, bypasses Fiorina
Colorado Man Shoots Himself While Sleepwalking
Singapore group to develop 'next-generation' cars
AAA Urges Caution On Halloween To Keep Children Safe
Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway Return As "SNL" Hosts In November
Hi-tech helps reduce health threat at mass gatherings
Marie Claire Under Fire Over Insensitive "Fatties" Article
US-TECH Summary
Tom Cruise reveals title of next MI film
Southeast leaders tackle issues buffeting region
WFP chief says child malnutrition widespread in N.Korea
Intel, Samsung and Toshiba join hands to halve chip size: report
Twelve killed in China coal mine flood: state media
Facebook, Twitter say social is the new normal |
Android sales help power good quarter for Motorola
Intel, Samsung and Toshiba join hands to halve chip size: report |
Court told Indonesian preacher funded militant camp
Coal mine flood kills 12 in China -Xinhua
Verizon to pay $25 million settlement for overcharging |
Rock 'n' eRoll: Gibson unveils 'revolutionary' guitar
Danny Boyle says hope is the message of '127 Hours'
Taliban in peace talks with Pakistani tribe
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Special report: Tech money flows to Whitman, bypasses Fiorina |
Jail, arrests contradict Vietnam rights commitments: US
Lloyd Webber sells 4 London theatres to cut debt
Oliver Stone honored at Mumbai Film Festival
"Mission Impossible 4" called "Ghost Protocol": Cruise
Christian pilgrims flock to Jordan River for baptism
Israeli translation of Egyptian novel infuriates author
Ferrari theme park opening delayed in Abu Dhabi
Tiny Pacific island in world-first personal pollution scheme
Big Love and HBO to divorce after fifth season |
Mission Impossible 4 called Ghost Protocol: Cruise |
Officer and a Gentleman actress Lisa Blount dies |
Lloyd Webber sells 4 London theatres to cut debt |
London film festival ends with Boyle climbing drama |
Hopeful signs in NATO's Kandahar offensive: general
South Yemen tribesmen kidnap Swede
China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger |
Hezbollah warns against cooperating with UN Hariri probe
Microsoft net profit soars on record revenue
Argentina mourns death of former president
Argentina enters new political era as Kirchner dies |
Billions in Afghanistan aid dollars unaccounted for: audit
EU moves towards 'limited' treaty change
Facebook and Twitter say social is the new normal
Indonesia disaster toll hits 377 as volcano erupts again |
Halliburton knew oil disaster cement was unstable: probe
Obama, Hu To Meet Before November’s G20 Summit
Dazzboard takes music collections to Facebook
Traditional Journalists Switch to Internet or Face Layoffs
Japan and China leaders to hold bilateral talks: report |
Verizon to pay $25 million settlement for overcharging
Kandahar campaign's fate not clear until June: NATO |
Dow Slides As Investors Turn Cautious Ahead Of Federal Reserve Meeting
Hang homos editor vows to keep outing Ugandans |
New Unemployment Claims Fall Slightly
Obama To Visit Largest Mosque In Indonesia; Will Meet With Pacific Leaders
Brazil poll shows Rousseff keeps runoff lead |
Microsoft net profit soars on record revenue
College Tuition Continues To Rise; Average Private Tuition Hits $27,293
Guantanamo convict tells soldier's widow: I'm sorry |
US-TECH Summary
EU backs limited treaty change to ward off crises |
Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda |
China, Japan to improve ties, resume gas talks: Japan FM
Medvedev, Obama to meet next month in Japan
Rape survivors of Bosnian war split over who can tell story
NZealand PM says no apology over scientist blunder
Ringleader guilty in wealthy Fla. couple's killing
"We Are Marshall" most satisfying for McConaughey
US vows to get China ties right
Man arrested in Washington plot trained for Afghanistan
Afghan fighters flown to Australia for elite training
Myanmar says Suu Kyi may be freed after elections
S.Korea's Lee urges North Korea to emulate China
Lionsgate picks up Miley Cyrus comedy
Indonesia battles to aid tsunami survivors
Cellphone market slowing but smartphones still boom |
Anna Nicole Smith boyfriend convicted in drug trial
"Hobbit" debate rages in NZ parliament
Intel opens biggest ever chip plant in Vietnam
Facebook and Twitter say social is the new normal |
"We Are Marshall" most satisfying for McConaughey
Garcia Marquez publishes book, finishes new novel
Japan recovery loses steam as output drops
China, Japan foreign ministers meet in Hanoi: Xinhua
Fiji invites tenders for first casino
Floods kill 94 in Thailand
Insider trading claims hit Tokyo Stock Exchange
Clinton backs UN probe on Myanmar rights
Original "Five-O" Danno, James MacArthur, dies at 72
Seoul shares dip as techs lose ground
Samsung Electronics posts 3.98 billion dollar profit
Randy Quaid says he's a victim, not crazy
NZ 2013 govt bonds yield 4.04 pct at tender
Plummer joins "Sound of Music" reunion after 45 years
Ahead of D.C. rally, Stewart's influence blooms
Japan consumer prices slide, unemployment falls
S.Korea won stable; stocks, control woes offset Fed
S.Korea's Lee sounds in favour of FX controls -FT
Anna Nicole Smith boyfriend convicted in drug trial |
New Zealand law passed to keep Hobbit amid protests |
Saw 3D set for killer opening at box office |
Original Five-O Danno, James MacArthur, dies at 72 |
Lionsgate picks up Miley Cyrus comedy |
Ahead of D.C. rally, Stewart's influence blooms |
Plummer joins Sound of Music reunion after 45 years |
Cellphone market slowing but smartphones still boom
Iran ready for nuclear talks after November 10
French oil strikers back to work as protests ebb
Koreas exchange gunfire at land border |
Samsung to sell tablet in India from November
NATO strikes kill 'more than 20 Afghan rebels'
British Airways, Iberia fly back to profit
EU agrees landmark reforms to defend single currency
Apple beats Blackberry maker in smartphone sales
Total reports 2.5 bln euro third-quarter profit
Big rally by Islamic Jihad in Gaza, joined by Hamas |
EU urges G20 to act to avoid currency war
U.N.-backed court criticises Hezbollah boycott call
"Teen Mom" Stars' Per Season Salary Reportedly Over $60,000
Maradona eyes UK Premier League coaching role
Syfy's "Ghost Hunters" Host Live Halloween Special From Buffalo Central Terminal
Israeli archaeologist dies after dig accident
UN summit poised to seal biodiversity deal
Tropical Storm Shary's Approach Places Bermuda Under Storm Warning
Iran ready for nuclear talks after November 10 |
Lebanon faces crisis as Hezbollah snubs Hariri probe
Arkansas School Official To Resign Following Anti-Gay Comments
NATO to cut Kosovo troop numbers to 5,000 |
Samsung to sell tablet in India from November
NATO helicopter crew kills 20 Afghan insurgents
FDA Rejects Diet Drug Qnexa
Singapore to comply on NKorea, Iran arms sanctions
Georgia arrests 20 suspected of spying for Russia |
Defense chief confirms Afghan militia in Australia
Victims of priest sex abuse to march on Vatican |
Last chance for Brazil's Serra in TV debate |
UN summit poised to seal pact on biodiversity
U.N.-backed court criticizes Hezbollah boycott call |
Russia to build Vietnam's first nuclear plant
Myanmar Supreme Court hears Suu Kyi appeal
China, Japan begin repairing ties at Asian summit
Master chocolatiers give green cocoa a boost
Nepal fails in 14th bid to elect new PM
Rape survivors of Bosnian war split over who can tell story
Pakistan flood victims to face winter in camps say U.N.
VIP check-in for dead Singaporeans
Koreas exchange gunfire at land border, cause unclear
Malaysia's Sisters of Islam win right to use name
"Saw 3D" set for killer opening at box office
North and South Korea exchange fire across border
Sony returns to black, Panasonic profit soars
The first lady of Indian photojournalism takes a bow
Honda Q2 profit more than doubles to 1.7 bln dlrs
N.Zealand eyes Avatar's Pandora as Hobbit law passed
Japan's ANA storms back to profit
New Zealand law passed to keep "Hobbit" despite protests
Take-Two Interactive's CEO steps down |
Grim war stories tell of mental ravages on US troops
Seoul shares fall 1.31 pct weighed by techs
FCC taking on cyberbullying in schools |
Pakistani c.bank buys 9.85 bln rupees of govt paper
India says RIM assures final Messenger solution by end-January |
China's aircraft fleet to double in five years
Watchdog approves Indian takeover of S.Korea carmaker
Samsung to sell tablet in India from November |
Verizon to pay $25 million settlement for overcharging |
Nepal firm takes high speed Internet to Mt Everest |
Video Shows Maldives Hotel Staff Mocking Swiss Couple's Wedding Vows
China Supercomputer Becomes World's Fastest
Recall To Fix Electrical Flaw On 2.1 Million Nissan Cars
Canadian Appeals Court Frees Wrongly Convicted Man After 27 Years In Prison
Movie Kill Octopus Paul takes look at soccer betting |
ABC adopts drama with Taye Diggs |
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph		BlogMeter 1.01