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Show For Thursday, July 02, 2009

Political Blogs

It appears, in the last few years, that the blog has left its nascent state and come into its own as a viable form of journalistic discourse. Some say the blog may be the most important media transition since the first newspaper or even the printing press itself. A recent book assays political blogs, their influence, and their growing importance in the contemporary political landscape.

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