Blogs openly display their political orientation. If not stated explicitly, their political attitude is revealed by the choice of topics. TPM predominantly covers topics dealing with the Democratic Party and in the presidential campaign with the Democratic candidates Clinton and Obama, of course. Posts about Republicans – especially positive posts – are rare. This behavior corresponds to the pattern of a liberal political (subject-focused) blog. Links stay within the liberal community (c.p. Adamic, Glance).
(Davis 162).Although 162). Although opinion reinforcement ranks above objectivity, users do not mind but expect and sympathize with it.
Most newspapers claim objectivity in their reporting. They usually do not explicitly belong to one political camp, but they prefer a certain political orientation. Thus, they]]>
According to Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere is a homogenous space where embodied subjects meet to present their claims and arguments and pursue a consensus. More broadly public sphere can be defined as an organizing center for (political) discussion and consent. This definition also applies for virtual spaces like the internet.
Habermas, Jürgen . Jürgen. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989
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According to Jürgen Habermas, the public sphere is a homogenous space where embodied subjects meet to present their claims and arguments and pursue a consensus. More broadly public sphere can be defined as an organizing center for (political) discussion and consent. This definition also applies for virtual spaces like the internet.
Jürgen Habermas.Habermas, Jürgen . The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989
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[1] Danah Boyd. The Significance of Social Software. Berkely: UC Berklely School of Information software” (Boyd 22).
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Jürgen Habermas[1], Habermas, the public sphere is a homogenous space where embodied subjects meet to present their claims and arguments and pursue a consensus. More broadly public sphere can be defined as an organizing center for (political) discussion and consent. This definition also applies for virtual spaces like the internet.
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they access.” [1] It access" (Lister 20). It is one of the key characteristics of new media. As a consequence of interactivity the viewer and reader of online text mutates from a rather passive consumer to a more active user, a “prosumer”. “prosumer” (Lister 33). An essential precondition for this form of interactivity is digitality. However, there do exist other forms of interactivity in analogue media which do not enable the user to intervene directly and make changes but to become active to a certain degree, e.g write letters to the editor.
[1] Martin Lister et al. New Media: A critical Introduction. Routledge, 2003 editor.
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beyond’ itself.” [1] It itself” (Lister 23). It can also be defined as a work which consists of several discrete units of material. Each of these units is then connected to many other units through pathways. Hypertext is one of the key characteristics of new media. It is facilitated by digitality and contributes to interactivity.
[1] Martin Lister et al. New Media: A critical Introduction. Routledge, 2003 interactivity.
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into numbers"[1]. numbers" (Lister 14). It is one of the key characteristics of new media which distinguishes them from analogue media (where all input data is merely converted into another physical object). Thanks to digitality huge amounts of data (e.g. text, audio and video) can be compressed to a high degree, accessed at high speeds and changed very easily. Therefore, digitality is a precondition for a mixture of different communication elements in blogs. It also increases opportunities of manipulation and intervention. As a consequence, digital media "tend towards a permanent state of flux"[2].
[1] Martin Lister et al. New Media: A critical Introduction. Routledge, 2003
[2] Martin Lister et al. New Media: A critical Introduction. Routledge, 2003 flux" (Lister 16).
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Apart from that, TPM invites its users to create their own blog on TPMCafé. This feature requires an account.
has had great influence on the blog’s creation and character. Therefore, the users’ activity has contributed significantly to the blog’s organic growth.
Due to limited space and technical restrictions newspapers publish only a tiny fraction of all letters to the editor they receive. For the same reason a reader cannot expect his second letter to appear in the next edition after he was successful the first time. Since the newspaper staff chooses the letters, we cannot speak of moderated interactivity. In this case, the term selected interactivity is more appropriate. Hence, the degree of interactivity of a newspaper is much lower than tha]]>
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Curran, James. “Glob]]>
Blogs openly display their political orientation. If not stated explicitly, their political attitude is revealed by the choice of topics. TPM predominantly covers topics dealing with the Democratic Party and in the presidential campaign with the Democratic candidates Clinton and Obama, of course. Posts about Republicans – especially positive posts – are rare. This behavior corresponds to the pattern of a liberal political (subject-focused) blog. Links stay within the liberal community (c.p. Adamic, Glance).
community […]"[5] Although […]" (Davis 162).Although opinion reinforcement ranks above objectivity, users do not mind but expect and sympathize with it.
Most newspapers claim objectivity in their reporting. They usually do not explicitly belong to one political camp, but they prefer a certain po]]>
What is a blog?
required. “A According to Wikipedia “a blog is a website where entries are displayed in reverse chronological order.”[1] order.”
On the one hand, blogs can serve as a personal online diary. On the other hand, there are public subject-focused blogs which specialize on certain areas of topics, such as environmental, social, economic or political issues. It can further be differentiated between active and reactive/respondent blogs. While active blogs do research on their own and make issues public that were filtered by mainstream media, reactive/respondent blogs react to topics that are already discussed by mainstream media. A mixture of both characteristics occurs often.
TPM Election Central
we use for will be focusing on in our analysis is a liberal political blog, run by Josh Marshall, a graduate from Princeton and doctorate from Brown University. He founded TPM Media LLC and began publishin]]>
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The Ron Paul Galaxy
Part I: Theoretical Texts
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Analysis of the official homepage of Ron Paul, by Armin Ruch
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