Conservative Blogosphere Eyes Opportunities As Outsiders
Being out of power may be bad for the Republican Party, but for a nation of conservative bloggers, the chance to do a little authentic rabblerousing c...
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Apparently, Mom Bloggers Care About Baby Slings, Not Child Rapists
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living
To all the mommy bloggers out there raging about the Motrin ad: I blogged to help protect your kids when you didn't.
Valleywag Folded Into Gawker
Forbes | Brian Caulfield | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media
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Face-stabbing, apparently, isn't a formula for a successful stand-alone tech news outlet in tough economic times. Owen Thomas, managing editor of Sil...
A Child's Garden Of Right-Wing Reaction To The Obama Win
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics
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So, how did the bloggers on the right side of the aisle take the news of Obama winning the election?
FiveThirtyEight.Com: More Than Just Numbers
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
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From the beginning of the campaign, the people behind Barack Obama's bid for the presidency have been pretty adamant that one should expect big things...
Why Academics Should Blog
Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media
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I've been reading a fair bit of academic writing. I've come to the conclusion that all academics should blog.
Are Blogs Good For Democracy? A Debate Featuring The Yale Political Union
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media
Arianna Huffington recently spoke before the Yale Political Union at a debate around the question, "Resolved: Blogs Are Good For Democracy." While Ar...
Why Blogs Trample on Leftist Traditions
David Broockman | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media
Blogging necessarily involves picking apart the stories told to us, and the Left has a long tradition of taking part in a similar exercise in deconstruction. But, I do not believe information and opinion completely capture what politics is.
Blogging Towards A Digital Democracy
Fernando Reyes | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media
Digital democracy is the real possibility that individuals that have been empowered now have the tools to break through the ignorance that is possible by physical separation, which is the premise of modern technology.
Why Blogs Are Bad For Democracy
Kate Maltby | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media
The deeply personal nature of blogs, in combination with the echo chamber effect, has fueled the rise of single issue campaigning
A Well-Informed Citizenry, Being Necessary To The Liberty Of A Free State...
Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media
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I believe blogs do improve democracy, not by giving the authors a forum to express their ideas, but by giving ordinary citizens access to the ideas they care most about.
Bailout Confuson -- All Over The Web (Salient Links)
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
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By Stephen C. Rose Each morning I dutifully post links from sites I value for their news sense or opinion pertinence. Today the general theme is bai...
Obama: When Race Rears Its Ugly Head
Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
With a little less than two hours to go before the two US presidential candidates flex their muscles at their first televised debate, bloggers from...
MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike
Jerry Weinstein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Home
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Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...
Global: Palin Brings Down the House
Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home
Love her or hate her, international bloggers say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin brought the house down when she addressed the Republican National Conve...
If "The Economy" Is So Bad, Why Isn't Obama Doing Better?
Zachary Karabell | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics
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Difficult economic times are supposed to benefit the party not in office. But by emphasizing the plight of many Americans, Obama has not gotten quite the bounce that one would think. Why?
A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?
Jennifer Nix | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media
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Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.
Will Blogs Save Books?
Lissa Warren | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media
For the most part, blogs about books don't actually review any books. Instead, they cover the business of publishing and the culture surrounding it, and the world of the author.
New York Times To Women Bloggers -- Get Thee to "Fashion and Style!"
Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media
Apparently I can push political agendas, but I'll always be seen as an Oprah-watching, bon-bon eating, Katie Couric-esque, shoe-shopping girl.
Palestinian Bloggers Rail In The Wake Of Obama Visit
Jillian York | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
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"Let us not forget that Obama was the one strong enough to speak out against the violence perpetrated on the Palestinian people. Where is that leader now? Will he return once elected?"
What Do Blog Readers Look Like? (Henry Farrell, Eric Lawrence and John Sides)
Henry Farrell | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business
There's a lot of talk among journalists and political commentators about how blogs are changing politics, but not much hard evidence. We've just posted an academic paper which presents evidence on who reads which blogs.
In a Blog Age: The Enduring Power of the Handwritten Word
Lily Koppel | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media
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In our era where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.
Izzy Stone, Patron Saint of Bloggers
Jeff Cohen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Media
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When I think of today's blunt, fact-based online hell-raisers, my mind quickly flashes on Izzy Stone. You may think of Josh Marshall or Glenn Greenwald or Arianna. I think of Izzy.
Oh My Blog: What's The Big Deal About "New Media" Influence?
Richard Laermer | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media
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Sometimes blogs elevate the dialogue, sometimes they're clutter. The nature of the blog itself is that there is no nature. It's like the Bush Administration's risible War on Terrorism: terrorism is not warring with us.
Getting Down With the Oldies! Dancefest at McCain Headquarters
RJ Eskow | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
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But really, McCain staffers: about that song choice -- couldn't you do better than "Take a Chance On Me" to woo women voters? There are so many better choices from ABBA's ouevre.
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