TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barlow,Aaron
TI  - The rise of the blogosphere
SN  - 0275989968
AV  - PN4784.O62 B37 2007
U1  - 070.4 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Online journalism
KW  - Blogs
KW  - Cyberspace
KW  - Journalism
KW  - United States
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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