The rise of the blogosphere
By: Aaron Barlow.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780275989965
Subjects: Online journalism; Blogs; Cyberspace; Journalism -- United States
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The conception of a popular American press; title: The rise of advocacy journalism; title: Debate in the early American press; title: The victory for rights of the press; title: The heyday of the partisan press; title: The rise of professional journalism; title: The creation of press empires; title: Domination of the press by electronic media; title: Alternative journalism; title: The failure of the American news media; title: The movement toward "public journalism"; title: The growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs; title: 9/11 and the rise of the blogosphere; title: Research, rathergate, and the power of the blogs; title: Political reclamation and "citizen journalism."