PolicyByBlog

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AUTHOR’S FOREWORD: IT’S BUSINESS; IT’S ALSO PERSONAL!

CHAPTER ONE: BEYOND THE BLOG “REVOLUTION”

The Political Blog: The Variety of the Species

Types of Blogs

Interplay: Posting and Linking

Blogs as Personal Mass Communication & Voluntary Associations

Political Tribune or Constituency: Are Bloggers “The People”?

Elitism and Blogs: Lonesome Rhodes’ Revenge?

Kings and Queens of the Bloglands

Bloggers Are…Activists & Tech Optimists, Not Peasants

War-by-blog?: Blogs as Dividers or Uniters in Politics

Blogwar by Balkanization: Arguments For…

Blogwar by Balkanization: Arguments Against…

Case Study: Durbin’s Dilemma—Bloggers Don’t Take Orders…

Beyond the Balkans: Ideological Bloggers with Integrity/Bridge Builders

CHAPTER TWO: FROM CYBERCOMMUNITY TO BLOGLAND

The Internet: Politics as Unusual

Cybercommunities as Voluntary Associations

Downsides of Cyber Democracy

The Age of New Media and Politics

CHAPTER THREE: THE ASCENT OF THE BLOGS

2003-2004: The Election Cycle of the Blog

Dating Howard Dean--the Blog

“Joe, there’s this cool idea…”: The Myth of Dean and the Blogs

Reality: Dean’s Dilemma

“GET DEAN A RED BAT!!!!!!!!!!”: Unrequited Love?

Lessons: Interaction Should Be Interactive

Dean’s Rant: A Typical Political Blogpost?

Rathergate and the Memos

Election Exit Polls By Blog

Wrapping up 2004: Queen Blogs For a Day?

CHAPTER FOUR: MERCURIES AND WISEBOTS: EXTERNAL POLITICAL ROLES OF BLOGGERS

Blogger as Compiler of Political Information

Blogger as Political Informer in a Political Marketplace

Blogs as “Scribbling Mercuries”

Blogs Go to Report Where We Can’t (or Won’t) Go

Blogger as Collector and Collator

Blogger as Reviser and Extender of Big Media

Blogger as Investigative Reporter

Blogger as Political Analyst and Critic

Non-traditional Experts Who Blog

Non-mediafit Experts Who Blog

Blogger as Political Watchdog

Case Study: City Planning, Via Blog

Case Study: Blogswarming Virginia STATE HOUSE BILL NO. 1677

Blogger as Political Educator

Conclusions: Blogs as Wisebots of Politics and Policy

CHAPTER FIVE: “MY FELLOW BLOGGING AMERICANS”: INTERNAL POLITICAL ROLES OF BLOGGERS

What do Politicians Want?: Searching For Mass Commilito

Case #1: “I want to tell you what has been done”: FDR as Radio Blogger

Case #2: Eisenhower Answers America…by Blog

Case #3: “We don’t have to go through you bastards”; JFK’s Press Conference Bypass

Case #4: Nixon’s China Show…Follow my Blog

Just Before the Internet: Still Searching For Commilito Via New Technology

Becoming a Business: Blogger as Political Consultant

Tailgate the Candidate: Vlogging as Political Media

Blogger as Politician

“My wife and I stand amidst the most powerful people in the world”: Polblogging From Ground Zero

Case Study: Blogging From Iraq with “The Troops”

“Memo” to Candidate Smith: Are Blogs “The New Iowa”?

“While I spend time with your community this week...”: Polblogging Style

Case Study: When Not to Blog…Hillary’s Dilemma

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