Barlow, Aaron,  1951- <br/><br/>
The rise of the blogosphere / 
Aaron Barlow. 
 - xxvi, 200 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  conception of a popular American press --  rise of advocacy journalism --  Debate in the early American press --  victory for rights of the press --  heyday of the partisan press --  rise of professional journalism --  creation of press empires --  Domination of the press by electronic media --  Alternative journalism --  failure of the American news media --  movement toward public journalism --  growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs --  9/11 and the rise of the blogosphere --  Research, Rathergate, and the power of the blogs --  Political reclamation and citizen journalism --  Conclusion --  Notes --  Selected bibliography --  Index.  1. The  2. The  3.  4. The  5. The  6. The  7. The  8.  9.  10. The  11. The  12. The  13.  14.  15. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275989968 9780275989965 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007000052 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Online journalism<br/>Blogs<br/>Cyberspace<br/>Journalism--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4784.O62  / B37 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4