The Rise of the Blogosphere

The conception of a popular American press – The rise of advocacy journalism – Debate in the early American press – The victory for rights of the press – The heyday of the partisan press – The rise of professional journalism – The creation of press empires – Domination of the press by electronic media – Alternative journalism – The failure of the American news media – The movement toward public journalism – The growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs – 9/11 and the rise of the blogosphere – Research, Rathergate, and the power of the blogs – Political reclamation and citizen journalism.