Netroots Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics

Name: Netroots Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics
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ISBN: 9781594514944

ISBN-10: 1594514941

ISBN-13: 9781594514944

Edition: 2009

Authors: Matthew Robert Kerbel

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List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/30/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



List of Boxes and Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments



The Emerging Era of Internet Politics



Technology and Political Change: Slow March to Sudden Burst


Printing Technology and the Jacksonian Revolution


The Telegraph and Lincoln's Republican Politics


FDR, Radio, and Manufactured Intimacy


Nixon and Television's Deceptions


The Internet and Small-D Democracy



The Two Blogospheres: How Left and Right Are Structured


In the Beginning, There Was Dean


From a Distance, Similarities Between Right and Left


Up Close: The Activist Heart of Progressive Blogs


A "Bourgeois Elite"



The Progressive Blogosphere and Political Effectiveness


Metrics of Netroots Success


Contested House Seats


Donor Base and Contribution Size


Hybrid Campaigning


Candidate Convergence


Nonfederal Candidates


Conclusion



The Progressive Blogosphere and Media Narratives


New Narratives, Framing, and Power


Framing Policy


Framing Politics


Opposing False Balance


Opposing Lazy Journalists


Conclusion



The Progressive Blogosphere and the Creation of Community


Cynicism Versus Social Capital


Blogs as Communities


Real-World Communities


Conclusion



Open Source Politics in the Obama Era


Transforming Process: Hybrid Campaigning


Transforming Narratives: Blogging as Journalism


Transforming Politics: The Self and the Community


Appendix


Notes


References


Index


About the Author