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From the early demise of Trent Lott at the hands of bloggers to the
agonized scream of Howard Dean; from Daily Kos and the blogosphere
to the rise of Twitter and Facebook, politics and new media have
co-existed and evolved in rapid succession. Here, an academic and
practitioner team up to consider how new and old media technologies
mix with combustible politics to determine, in real time, the shape
of the emerging political order. Our political moment shares with
other realigning periods the sense that political parties are
failing to address the public interest. In an era defined by the
collapse of the political center, extreme income inequality,
rapidly changing demography, and new methods of communicating and
organizing, a second-generation online progressive movement fueled
by email and social media is coming into its own. In this highly
readable text, the authors - one a scholar of Internet politics,
the other a leading voice of the first generation netroots - draw
on unique data and on-the-ground experience to answer key questions
at the core of our tumultuous politics: How has Internet activism
changed in form and function? How have the left and right changed
with it? How does this affect American political power?
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson laid the foundations for
today's political debates between Democrats and Republicans.
Hamilton believed that freedom must be married with a strong
central government and especially an energetic president, while
Jefferson believed freedom derived from local civic virtues.
Throughout history, Democrats and Republicans have chosen sides in
this eternal debate-and sometimes even changed sides. Today, those
debates have become sharper and more polarized, as the two parties
square off on major issues such as healthcare, taxes, regulation,
the role of the federal government, and what discretion should be
given to local authorities. The debate can be loud and shrill, even
as the public yearns for some accommodation between these two
schools of thought. People may generally desire an active
government to deal with acute problems, but localism still has
widespread appeal, and political dysfunction often results when
these outcomes are presented as polar opposites and elections are
reduced to zero sum contests. Social media adds to the
polarization, as Americans gravitate to websites that often ratify
their preexisting points of view. The parties struggle to function
in this environment as they try to adapt to the political realities
of the social media age and the Trump era.
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson laid the foundations for
today's political debates between Democrats and Republicans.
Hamilton believed that freedom must be married with a strong
central government and especially an energetic president, while
Jefferson believed freedom derived from local civic virtues.
Throughout history, Democrats and Republicans have chosen sides in
this eternal debate-and sometimes even changed sides. Today, those
debates have become sharper and more polarized, as the two parties
square off on major issues such as healthcare, taxes, regulation,
the role of the federal government, and what discretion should be
given to local authorities. The debate can be loud and shrill, even
as the public yearns for some accommodation between these two
schools of thought. People may generally desire an active
government to deal with acute problems, but localism still has
widespread appeal, and political dysfunction often results when
these outcomes are presented as polar opposites and elections are
reduced to zero sum contests. Social media adds to the
polarization, as Americans gravitate to websites that often ratify
their preexisting points of view. The parties struggle to function
in this environment as they try to adapt to the political realities
of the social media age and the Trump era.
From the early demise of Trent Lott at the hands of bloggers to the
agonized scream of Howard Dean; from Daily Kos and the blogosphere
to the rise of Twitter and Facebook, politics and new media have
co-existed and evolved in rapid succession. Here, an academic and
practitioner team up to consider how new and old media technologies
mix with combustible politics to determine, in real time, the shape
of the emerging political order. Our political moment shares with
other realigning periods the sense that political parties are
failing to address the public interest. In an era defined by the
collapse of the political center, extreme income inequality,
rapidly changing demography, and new methods of communicating and
organizing, a second-generation online progressive movement fueled
by email and social media is coming into its own. In this highly
readable text, the authors - one a scholar of Internet politics,
the other a leading voice of the first generation netroots - draw
on unique data and on-the-ground experience to answer key questions
at the core of our tumultuous politics: How has Internet activism
changed in form and function? How have the left and right changed
with it? How does this affect American political power?
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