BlogwarsPolitical 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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... blog. A widely quoted assessment of blogging for corporations announced that the venue was “the new on-ramp for mainstream media.”3 One study of print and broadcast media workers found that they overwhelmingly tended to read political blogs ...
... blog. A widely quoted assessment of blogging for corporations announced that the venue was “the new on-ramp for mainstream media.”3 One study of print and broadcast media workers found that they overwhelmingly tended to read political blogs ...
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... blogger I know mentioned the rumors to a close political friend of Thompson ... blogs and vlogs (video logs) for campaigns; my political consultant friends ... read like a blogpost rather than a presidential address. Hillary followed up ...
... blogger I know mentioned the rumors to a close political friend of Thompson ... blogs and vlogs (video logs) for campaigns; my political consultant friends ... read like a blogpost rather than a presidential address. Hillary followed up ...
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... blog (policybyblog.squarespace) about political blogging, nonpartisan and ... blogs. It was a case study in fervor and fever. For one particular week, I ... (read: almost crazed) about my political opinions, (c) aroused my resentment ...
... blog (policybyblog.squarespace) about political blogging, nonpartisan and ... blogs. It was a case study in fervor and fever. For one particular week, I ... (read: almost crazed) about my political opinions, (c) aroused my resentment ...
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... Blogs That said, there are caveats to writing a book about blogs, political or other kinds, in 2005–2007. We are in ... read the words of a text one at a time and turn the pages, linearly, but a picture offers itself to us “all at once.” It ...
... Blogs That said, there are caveats to writing a book about blogs, political or other kinds, in 2005–2007. We are in ... read the words of a text one at a time and turn the pages, linearly, but a picture offers itself to us “all at once.” It ...
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... blogs were perhaps inflated, apparently a number of bloggers, including one famous former print news journalist ... read this book. But that is the point: A blogger's work is never done, nor, I hope, is that of a student of blogs. You ...
... blogs were perhaps inflated, apparently a number of bloggers, including one famous former print news journalist ... read this book. But that is the point: A blogger's work is never done, nor, I hope, is that of a student of blogs. You ...
Contents
3 | |
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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