Speaking at a forum at Howard University on the effective use of social media, political communications experts urged college students and other young voters to transform their Facebook and Twitter contacts into powerful political networks in advance of the 2012 elections.

The non-partisan forum on Wednesday was convened by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Media and Technology Institute, in partnership with Howard's School of Communications, NAACP, National Action Network, Voto Latino, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Hip Hop Caucus, IMPACT, Politic365 and BET Networks. "African Americans in particular are over-represented on sites like Twitter," said political commentator Jamal Simmons. "Transforming the contacts to good works can make a significant impact if this year is anything like the last election when African Americans played a critical role in getting this president elected."

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Politic365 recently went on record with Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Director of the Media and Technology Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and Harold Crumpton, Chair of the NAACP National Board’s Media, Telecom and Broadband Taskforce and former Missouri Public Service Commissioner, to discuss the important issue of wireless taxation and its potential impact on marginalized communities.

Politic365 recently went on record with Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Director of the Media and Technology Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and Harold Crumpton, Chair of the NAACP National Board’s Media, Telecom and Broadband Taskforce and former Missouri Public Service Commissioner, to discuss the important issue of wireless taxation and its potential impact on marginalized communities.

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Examines the black share of high-tech employment in the 25 U.S. cities with the largest African American populations in order to identify explanations other than geographical location for the underrepresentation of blacks in high-tech jobs. Through an analysis of high-tech employment trends between 1990 and 2000, both by occupation and by industry, Conrad finds that blacks are consistently underrepresented in high-tech jobs, those requiring a doctorate or bachelor's degree, as well as those that require an associate degree. She discusses various factors contributing to black underrepresentation in high-tech employment, and concludes that education, while not the sole contributing factor, must be part of any strategy to address this underrepresentation. Conrad provides an overview of education policies designed to address the need for greater black representation in the pool of workers with science and engineering training.

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Date Published: December 2005