BlogwarsOxford University Press, 07/03/2008 - 272 من الصفحات Political blogs have grown astronomically in the last half-decade. In just one month in 2005, for example, popular blog DailyKos received more unique visitors than the population of Iowa and New Hampshire combined. But how much political impact do bloggers really have? In Blogwars, David D. Perlmutter examines this rapidly burgeoning phenomenon, exploring the degree to which blogs influence--or fail to influence--American political life. Challenging the hype, Perlmutter points out that blogs are not that powerful by traditional political measures: while bloggers can offer cogent and convincing arguments and bring before their readers information not readily available elsewhere, they have no financial, moral, social, or cultural leverage to compel readers to engage in any particular political behavior. Indeed, blogs have scored mixed results in their past political crusades. But in the end, Perlmutter argues that blogs, in their wide dissemination of information and opinions, actually serve to improve democracy and enrich political culture. He highlights a number of the particularly noteworthy blogs from the specialty to the superblog-including popular sites such as Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Powerlineblog, Instapundit, and Talking Points Memo--and shows how blogs are becoming part of the tool kit of political professionals, from presidential candidates to advertising consultants. While the political future may be uncertain, it will not be unblogged. For many Internet users, blogs are the news and editorial sites of record, replacing traditional newspapers, magazines, and television news programs. Blogwars offers the first full examination of this new and controversial force on America's political landscape. |
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... issue and thus affirmed the power of the self-expressive i-generation. In July 2007, Wired magazine teamed with Xerox to allow 5,000 subscribers to send in their own portraits for its cover. Ordinary people with cellphone cameras loaded ...
... issue and thus affirmed the power of the self-expressive i-generation. In July 2007, Wired magazine teamed with Xerox to allow 5,000 subscribers to send in their own portraits for its cover. Ordinary people with cellphone cameras loaded ...
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... issues of the day and who exhausts herself in our service.* When Wallace writes, “When I'm cutting the vines, it gives me time to think about all the important projects we've been working on in the legislature,” she expresses the ...
... issues of the day and who exhausts herself in our service.* When Wallace writes, “When I'm cutting the vines, it gives me time to think about all the important projects we've been working on in the legislature,” she expresses the ...
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... issues, and the ideas that dominate the minds of the nation. The question of what effects blogs, bloggers, and blogging will have on politics, public affairs, public opinion, and policymaking. *Dialogue can exist, however. When I have ...
... issues, and the ideas that dominate the minds of the nation. The question of what effects blogs, bloggers, and blogging will have on politics, public affairs, public opinion, and policymaking. *Dialogue can exist, however. When I have ...
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... issues, ideas, and persons. In chapter 5, I study the culmination of blogging's arrival in modern American politics, the rise of the blogger as political professional, acting as a working political consultant or, ultimately, as a ...
... issues, ideas, and persons. In chapter 5, I study the culmination of blogging's arrival in modern American politics, the rise of the blogger as political professional, acting as a working political consultant or, ultimately, as a ...
الصفحة 5
... issues, campaign strategy, and all sorts of political topics. For blogposts, the headline often reads literally: “What Kerry Must Do” or “What Bush Must Do” and so on. For example, on August 1, 2005, readers of RedState.org, a ...
... issues, campaign strategy, and all sorts of political topics. For blogposts, the headline often reads literally: “What Kerry Must Do” or “What Bush Must Do” and so on. For example, on August 1, 2005, readers of RedState.org, a ...
المحتوى
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2 From Cybercommunity to Blogland | 49 |
3 The Ascent of Blogs | 61 |
External Political Roles of Bloggers | 109 |
Internal Political Roles of Bloggers | 149 |
Continue the Conversation | 205 |
Notes | 213 |
Index | 237 |
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