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Blogs and the New Politics of Listening
Author(s) -
COLEMAN STEPHEN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2005.00679.x
Subject(s) - active listening , battle , democracy , politics , phenomenon , soul , media studies , the internet , extension (predicate logic) , sociology , expression (computer science) , political science , communication , epistemology , law , history , computer science , world wide web , philosophy , archaeology , programming language
This article examines the new phenomenon of blogging and suggests that, rather than being a new tool for politicians to use in spreading their messages, blogs should be seen as democratic listening posts, enabling us to pick up signals of subjective expression which might inform debate in these more reflexively democratic times. The article suggests that blogs are part of a battle for the soul of the internet and represent an extension of media freedom.