The rise of the blogosphere / Aaron Barlow.
Material type: TextPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007Description: xxvi, 200 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0275989968
- 9780275989965
- 070.4 22
- PN4784.O62 B37 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 070.4 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A430000B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The conception of a popular American press -- 2. The rise of advocacy journalism -- 3. Debate in the early American press -- 4. The victory for rights of the press -- 5. The heyday of the partisan press -- 6. The rise of professional journalism -- 7. The creation of press empires -- 8. Domination of the press by electronic media -- 9. Alternative journalism -- 10. The failure of the American news media -- 11. The movement toward public journalism -- 12. The growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs -- 13. 9/11 and the rise of the blogosphere -- 14. Research, Rathergate, and the power of the blogs -- 15. Political reclamation and citizen journalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
"In this book, which is the first to provide readers with a cultural/historical account of the blog, as well as the first to analyze the different aspects of this growing phenomenon in terms of its past, Aaron Barlow provides lay readers with a thorough history and analysis of a truly democratic technology that is becoming more important to our lives every day."--BOOK JACKET.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
There are no comments on this title.