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Though political blogs are unlikely to supplant the traditional press, they are not going away either. So where do they fit in the political communication environment? Community blogs that utilize distributed gatekeeping – story-placement choices made by a large number of readers – hold the potential to serve as a middle ground between the much-criticized gatekeeping model of elite journalism and the unfiltered noise of the “everyone with a modem can publish an opinion” Internet. But does distributed gatekeeping, in practice, enable the cream to rise to the top? Or does it merely amplify the noise? And if it indeed discriminates, does it do so without losing the essential democratic character of the blogosphere? This study examines the gatekeeping choices made by the Daily Kos diaries community by modeling the factors that cause some blog entries to be endorsed by the community while others languish in obscurity. The most powerful predictors of success are the prior reputation of the author, and whether the author is a government official. |
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| Schiffer, Adam. "Between Pajamas and Pulitzers: Distributed Gatekeeping and the Potential of Blogs as News Media" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p208737_index.html> |
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| Schiffer, A. J. , 2007-08-30 "Between Pajamas and Pulitzers: Distributed Gatekeeping and the Potential of Blogs as News Media" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p208737_index.html |
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Abstract: Though political blogs are unlikely to supplant the traditional press, they are not going away either. So where do they fit in the political communication environment? Community blogs that utilize distributed gatekeeping – story-placement choices made by a large number of readers – hold the potential to serve as a middle ground between the much-criticized gatekeeping model of elite journalism and the unfiltered noise of the “everyone with a modem can publish an opinion” Internet. But does distributed gatekeeping, in practice, enable the cream to rise to the top? Or does it merely amplify the noise? And if it indeed discriminates, does it do so without losing the essential democratic character of the blogosphere? This study examines the gatekeeping choices made by the Daily Kos diaries community by modeling the factors that cause some blog entries to be endorsed by the community while others languish in obscurity. The most powerful predictors of success are the prior reputation of the author, and whether the author is a government official. |
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| Between Pajamas and Pulitzers: Distributed Gatekeeping and the Potential of Blogs as News Media ADAM J. SCHIFFER Department of Political Science Box #297021 TCU Fort Worth TX 76129 a.schiffer@tcu.edu Please contact the author for current version before citing. Prepared for presentation at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association Chicago. Though political blogs are unlikely to supplant the traditional press they are not going away either. So where do they fit in the political communication environment? |
| 470 Pseudo R2 .06 .13 *p<.05 one-tailed test. n.s. = non significant. Negative Binomial Regression (nbreg). Percentage change = 100 x (eB-1). The interpretation for a positive relationship is: “For every one-unit increase in the independent variable a diary received on average [xx] percent more recommendations holding other independent variables constant.” For a negative relationship: “For every one-unit increase in the independent variable a diary received on average [xx] percent as many recommendations. . .” Note: percentage change reported |
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