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Blogging America
by Barbara O’Brien
While
the powerful few have struggled to gain tighter
control of mass media, a new medium for political
dialogue has emerged—the Internet. This new medium
cultures robust political dialogue among people across
the nation and around the world. And leading this
discussion—generating topics, presenting information,
and facilitating new perspectives—are bloggers. . . . We
are on the threshold of something new—the web as a
big, powerful, and easily accessible medium that is
outside the top-down media establishment.
—from the Prolog
control of mass media, a new medium for political
dialogue has emerged—the Internet. This new medium
cultures robust political dialogue among people across
the nation and around the world. And leading this
discussion—generating topics, presenting information,
and facilitating new perspectives—are bloggers. . . . We
are on the threshold of something new—the web as a
big, powerful, and easily accessible medium that is
outside the top-down media establishment.
—from the Prolog
WE’RE THRILLED to publish Barbara O’Brien's book on blogging. As the proprietor of The Mahablog, Barbara is a keen observer of political blogs. She's put together a book that covers a broad spectrum of issues discussed from a broad spectrum of viewpoints.
Bloggers whose work is featured and discussed in this book include Kevin Drum, Andrew Sullivan, Stephen Green, Billmon, Markos Zuniga, and many others.
Contents
Chapter 1—Storming the Bastille?
- Birth of Blogs
- A Word About Links
- Blogs Versus Journalism
- Why America Needs Bloggers
- Influencing the Influencers
- The Post-Media Age
- A Word About Links
Chapter 2—Charting the Blogosphere
- Part 1:
The Right Blogosphere
- Part 2: The Left Blogosphere
Chapter 3—Blogging the Issues
- Part 1:
The State of the Union, 2004
- Text of the 2004 State of the Union Address Including interspersed commentary from Stephen Green of Vodka Pundit and Kevin Drum of Calpundit
- Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Author: The Emperor Misha
- Orcinus, Author: David Neiwert
- The American Street, Author: Tom Burka
- Part 2: Gay Marriage
- TBOGG, Author: TBogg
- The Mahablog, Author: Barbara O’Brien
- AndrewSullivan, Author: Andrew Sullivan
- David E’s Fablog, Author: David Ehrenstein
- Greatest Jeneration, Author: Jen
- VodkaPundit, Author: Stephen Green
- Unfogged, Author: Fontana Labs
- Priorities & Frivolities, Author: Robert Garcia Tagorda
- Marriage Amendment II, Author: Robert Garcia Tagorda
- Poliblog, Author: Steven Taylor
- The Right Christian, Author: The Rev. Allen Brill
- Daily Kos, Author: Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
- The Right Christians, Author: The Rev. Allen Brill
- Right Wing News, Author: John Hawkins
- Whatever, Author: John Scalzi
- Text of the 2004 State of the Union Address Including interspersed commentary from Stephen Green of Vodka Pundit and Kevin Drum of Calpundit
Chapter 4—Best of the Blogs
- Part 1:
Blogging the Economy
- P.L.A.—A Journal of Politics, Law, and Autism, Author: Dwight Meredith
- Watcher of Weasels, Author: The Watcher
- Who Knew?, Author: Jeremy Brown
- Calpundit, Author: Kevin Drum
- The Angry Economist, Author: Russell Nelson
- Hector Rottweiller Jr’s Web Log, Author: Curtiss Leung
- Whiskey Bar, Author: Billmon
- Part 2: Divided We Blog
Kim du Toit, Author: Kim du Toit- Matt Margolis Blog, Author: Matt Margolis
- Crooked Timber, Author: John Holbo
- The American Street, Author: Digby
- The Mahablog, Author: Barbara O’Brien
- Wizbang, Author: Paul
- The American Street, Author: Jay Bullock
- P.L.A.—A Journal of Politics, Law, and Autism, Author: Dwight Meredith