WASHINGTON - When conservative movies, music, YouTube videos and newscasts are considered "hip and cool," you know the movement has come a long way. 

So say attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, where a variety of activists have been taking it to the next level, utilizing social media like Facebook and Twitter -- as well as technology that allows them to produce their own music, films, news and interview programs - and get it out to the public with virtually no overhead costs.