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Informationen zum Autor Lowell Feld is a political blogger, author, and consultant to the leading clean energy public relations firm, Tigercomm, and other clients. Klappentext The 2006 elections will be remembered as the year when the center of power in American politics shifted from traditional top-down central broadcasters to new bottom-up decentralized activists in the blogosphere and netroots. The authors give firsthand accounts of the burgeoning power of the netroots to determine the outcome of political contests, most notably as when the national balance of power was tipped by Jim Webb's rag-tag army of bloggers and netroots activists. They assess the prospects for Netroots 2.0: whether the netroots hordes will crash the party or work out an uneasy cohabitation with the traditional party power elite. The 2006 elections will be remembered as the year when the center of power in American politics shifted from traditional top-down central broadcasters to new bottom-up decentralized activists in the blogosphere and netroots. The authors give firsthand accounts of the burgeoning power of the netroots to determine the outcome of political contests, most notably as when the national balance of power was tipped by Jim Webb's rag-tag army of bloggers and netroots activists who provoked and exposed the gaffe that proved fatal to George Allen's senatorial bid. Veteran online campaigners Feld and Wilcox recount and analyze many other political campaigns in which netroots activism was decisive or instructive, including:* U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's downfall. *Tim Kaine's election as Virginia govenor. *Howard Dean's and Wes Clark's presidential campaigns. *Ned Lamont's primary victory over Joe Lieberman. The authors conclude with an assessment of the prospects for Netroots 2.0: Will the netroots hordes crash the party or will they work out an uneasy cohabitation with the traditional party power elite? The foreword is written by Markos (Kos) Moulitsas Zuniga, founding editor of the world's biggest political blog, Daily Kos. Zusammenfassung Contains the inside story of the challenge to traditional broadcast politics being made by political bloggers and netroots citizen activists. This title offers an accounts of the power of the netroots to determine the outcome of political contests! when the national balance of power was tipped by Jim Webb's army of bloggers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Doing Everything Wrong 2. Howard Dean and the Killer Ds 3. Activists Build a Movement, Insiders Kill It 4. Taking on DeLay, Inc. 5. What a Difference a Year Makes 6. Drafting an American Hero 7. Win One, Lose One 8. Combat Boots vs. Cowboy Boots 9. What's Next for the Netroots? Blogroll Bibliography Index ...
