This is a baseline examination of political bloggers, it profiles who they are, discovers how they view the blogosphere, explores their motivations for blogging, and researches their influence on the media agenda via the two-step flow hypothesis. Key political organizations were asked which blogs they read to create a census of influential political blogs. The respondents of these blogs hailed from across the country and the political spectrum. Data was collected via a SurveyPro online questionnaire and tabulated with SPSS. The data revealed that bloggers tend to be married, educated, white males in their 40's. They are concerned about their reputation as contributors of an online rumor mill. Most do not blog professionally and are not making money from their blogs. The data also showed a digital divide between minorities and the poor and a gender gap among political bloggers. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Communication in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Fall Semester, 2006. / November 3, 2006. / Media Agenda, Political Bloggers, Political Blogs, Two-Step Flow, Agenda Setting, Blogosphere, Blogs, Influence / Includes bibliographical references. / Steven McClung, Professor Directing Thesis; Jay D. Rayburn, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175826 |
| Contributors | Tomaszeski, Michael S. (authoraut), McClung, Steven (professor directing thesis), Rayburn, Jay D. (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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