Year of the Blog: Blogs, Politics and the 2004 Election.YEAR OF THE BLOG: BLOGS, POLITICS AND THE 2004 ELECTION. Robert J. McNamara. 2004. Read by Grover Gardner. 1 cd. No time listed. Sound Room. $16.95. Vinyl vinyl /vi·nyl/ (vi´nil) the univalent group CH2dbondCH—. vinyl chloride a vinyl group to which an atom of chlorine is attached; the monomer which polymerizes to polyvinyl chloride; it is toxic ; content, author, reader notes. A Blogs, like their immediate predecessors list servs and chat rooms, provide a forum for public comment. The rapid proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of these daily online journals ("magazines without editors") has been fueled by the availability of appropriate software. Inhabiting the blogosphere The total universe of blogs. See blog. are both liberal and conservative blogs that send forth to anyone with a computer an "endless cascade of highly charged writing." Writing before the outcome of the 2004 election was known, McNamara traces the evolving influence of the blogs by noting how they helped publicize pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. publicize or -cise Verb [-cizing, -cized] Strom Thurmond's racist attitudes, contributed to the fall of Trent Lott, and provided an organizing point and fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. venue for Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. . They have influenced the unfolding of the war in Iraq and were among the first to expose the American use of torture in Iraqi prisons. Sometimes bloggers have researched issues more thoroughly than have members of the mainstream press. This is an excellent analysis, valuable for classroom use, and narrated well by Gardner, who has a rich, expressive voice. Edna Boardman, Libn., Bismarck, ND A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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