TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barlow,Aaron
TI  - The rise of the blogosphere
SN  - 9780275989965 (alk. paper) :
AV  - PN4784.O62 B37 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Westport, CT
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Online journalism
KW  - Blogs
KW  - Cyberspace
KW  - Journalism
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index; The conception of a popular American press -- The rise of advocacy journalism -- Debate in the early American press -- The victory for rights of the press -- The heyday of the partisan press -- The rise of professional journalism -- The creation of press empires -- Domination of the press by electronic media -- Alternative journalism -- The failure of the American news media -- The movement toward public journalism -- The 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
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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