Contents

netroots
Online Progressive and the Transformation of American Politics

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The Emerging Era of Internet Politics 1

Chapter 2: Technology and Political Change: Slow March to Sudden Burst 15

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

Chapter 3: The Two Blogospheres: How Left and Right are Structured 39

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”

Chapter 4: The Progressive Blogosphere and Political Effectiveness 61

Metrics of Netroots Success
Contested House Seats
Donor Base and Contribution Size
Hybrid Campaigning
Candidate Convergence
Nonfederal Candidates
Conclusion
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Chapter 5: The Progressive Blogosphere and Media Narratives 89

News Narratives, Framing, and Power
Framing Policy
Framing Politics
Opposing False Balance
Opposing Lazy Journalists
Conclusion
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Chapter 6: The Progressive Blogosphere and the Creation of Community 113

Cynicism Versus Social Capital
Blogs as Communities
Real-World Communities
Conclusions
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Chapter 7: Open Source Politics in the Obama Era 131

Transforming Process: Hybrid Campaigning
Transforming Narratives: Blogging as Journalism
Transforming Politics: The Self and the Community
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