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Blogging the Political

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Blogging the Political

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Blogging the Political book

Politics and Participation in a Networked Society

Blogging the Political

DOI link for Blogging the Political

Blogging the Political book

Politics and Participation in a Networked Society
ByAntoinette Pole
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 18 December 2009
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203866313
Pages 176
eBook ISBN 9780203866313
Subjects Politics & International Relations
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Pole, A. (2009). Blogging the Political: Politics and Participation in a Networked Society (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203866313

ABSTRACT

The popular blog-tracking site technorati.com reports the existance of well over one hundred million blogs. Despite the medium’s ubiquity, the impact of political blogging on politics and civic engagemment has not been systematically examined. In an era of depressed civic engagement, where access to the media by common citizens is limited, blogs have the power to change the political landscape.

Blogging the Political catalogs the individuals engaged in political blogging, explains why they started blogging, and examines what they hope to gain from it. The larger question at hand is whether and how political blogging facilitates civic engagement and mobilization in the United States. Do political bloggers participate in politics only through blogging or also through more traditional activities such as voting or sending an email to an elected official? Do they encourage their readers to undertake political activities, and how do they go about doing so?  Examining  the activity of a diverse spectrum of bloggers, Pole concludes that blogging is indeed a new and important form of political participation, one that can potentially transform politics and lead to increased civic engagement.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|24 pages

Political Blogging: Politics and Participation

chapter 2|27 pages

Rainbow Bloggers: Race and the Blogosphere

chapter 3|24 pages

Gender and Sexual Orientation in the Blogosphere: Women and LGBT Bloggers

chapter 4|20 pages

Congress Members ’R Bloggers

chapter 5|31 pages

Blogging for Red and Blue States: Campaigns and Elections

chapter 6|14 pages

The Future of Political Blogging in Politics and Civic Engagement

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