ISBN:
9781594514944
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (207 p)
Series Statement:
Media and Power
Parallel Title:
Print version Netroots : Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Boxes and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 The Emerging Era of Internet Politics; 2 Technology and Political Change: Slow March to Sudden Burst; Printing Technology and the Jacksonian Revolution; The Telegraph and Lincoln's Republican Politics; FDR, Radio, and Manufactured Intimacy; Nixon and Television's Deceptions; The Internet and Small-D Democracy; 3 The Two Blogospheres: How Left and Right Are Structured; In the Beginning, There Was Dean; From a Distance, Similarities Between Right and Left
Description / Table of Contents:
Up Close: The Activist Heart of Progressive BlogsA "Bourgeois Elite"; 4 The Progressive Blogosphere and Political Effectiveness; Metrics of Netroots Success; Contested House Seats; Donor Base and Contribution Size; Hybrid Campaigning; Candidate Convergence; Nonfederal Candidates; Conclusion; 5 The Progressive Blogosphere and Media Narratives; News Narratives, Framing, and Power; Framing Policy; Framing Politics; Opposing False Balance; Opposing Lazy Journalists; Conclusion; 6 The Progressive Blogosphere and the Creation of Community; Cynicism Versus Social Capital; Blogs as Communities
Description / Table of Contents:
Real-World CommunitiesConclusion; 7 Open Source Politics in the Obama Era; Transforming Process: Hybrid Campaigning; Transforming Narratives: Blogging as Journalism; Transforming Politics: The Self and the Community; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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