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Passionate Intensity: Political Blogs and the American Journalistic Tradition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

VIVIANE SERFATY
VIVIANE SERFATY
Affiliation:
Modern Languages Department, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée. Email: Viviane.Serfaty@univ-paris-est.fr.
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Abstract

This study attempts to find out the reasons for the emergence of blogging in the contemporary media scene and for its widespread acceptance. First, it delineates the various events that contributed to the notoriety of political blogs. In a second stage, it traces the origins of contemporary blogging back to the history of early journalistic forms, from the penny press to the muckraking movement. After identifying the characteristics linking blogs to the American journalistic tradition, it focusses on what differentiates blogging from other forms of journalistic writing.

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Research Article
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , May 2011 , pp. 303 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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