@book { , title = {The Rise of the Blogosphere}, year = {2007}, publisher = {Praeger}, address = {Westport, Conn.}, abstract = {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.}, keywords = {Online journalism., Blogs., Cyberspace., Journalism United States.}, ISBN = {9780275989965 }, URL = {http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2007000052.html }, author = {Barlow, Aaron} }