For the 2008 election season, many news agencies joined forces with social media environments. Mashable.com reviews are also linked.
Facebook and ABC News
On Facebook/ABC News debates, facebook users participated in polls and online debate amongst themselves.
Continuing presence: Reporters on each candidate's campaign have Facebook accounts and post blog entries, status updates, geographic moves, and short videos, as well as links to ABC news articles. Users continue to participate in polls and conversations and have related widget on their profile page.
MySpace, (AP), MTV
MySpace and AP covered debates hosted by MTV with candidates that included questions from audience through both the MTV and MySpace websites (instant messaging).
Continuing presence: All debates are viewable on the MySpace and MTV sites (the entire debate, but also in smaller bytes by candidate response), along with places for continuing discussion amongst users.
Digg and CBS
CBS articles related to the 2008 election will have Digg counts (how many people have given the article a vote of confidence) and will carry additional election-related content from Digg on their site.
-- This doesn't exist yet, as far as I can find. See Mashable coverage for more information.
Youtube and CNN
CNN ran a republican and a democratic debate using questions submitted to YouTube by users. YouTube has invited users to post video responses to debate.
Continuing presence: All questions and answers are available on YouTube in single question-answer pairs. Video responses to the debate are also available.
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