| Description |
1 online resource (374 pages) |
| Contents |
About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Thrills and Spills; 2 The Australian Blogosphere: where, what, how, who, why?; 3 Where Are All the Women?; 4 Never Read the Comments; 5 The MSM v Bloggers: 'let the professionals do their job'; 6 How to Become a Hashtag; 7 Journalists All a Twitter; 8 One, Two, Three, Four, I Declare a Twitter War; 9 How Many Votes Are There on Twitter?; Conclusion; List of Australian Political Blogs; Notes; Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
The Rise of the Fifth Estate is the first book to examine the emergence of social media as a new force in the coverage of Australian politics. Using original research, Greg Jericho reveals who makes up the Australian political blogosphere, and tackles head-on some of its key developments - the way that Australia's journalists and federal politicians use social media and digital news, the motivations of bloggers and tweeters, the treatment of female participants, and the eruption of Twitter wars. The mainstream media's reaction to all this tends to be defensive and dismissive. As Jericho fou |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social media -- Political aspects -- Australia
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Digital media -- Political aspects -- Australia
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Political science -- Australia -- Blogs
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Digital media -- Political aspects
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Political science
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Social media -- Political aspects
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Blogs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781921942877 |
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1921942878 |
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