Blogging the Political: Politics and Participation in a Networked Society

The popular blog-tracking site technorati.com reports the existance of well over one hundred million blogs. Despite the medium's ubiquity, the impact of political blogging on politics and civic engagemment has not been systematically examined. In an era of depressed civic engagement, where access to the media by common citizens is limited, blogs have the power to change the political landscape.

Blogging the Political catalogs the individuals engaged in political blogging, explains why they s...