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Why blogs are the new “Fifth Estate”
Tuesday, May 13, 2008KC Cowen introduced the class to the idea of blogs as the “Fifth Estate” in her post titled Democracy Defended: Polibloggers and the Political Press in America. But what is the “Fifth Estate”?
Geoff Livingston explains the “Fifth Estate” and its relation to the Fourth Estate, or the media. The fifth estate was born from the media audiences ability and desire to comment, influence, supplement, aug...
Original article from http://kendra4.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/why-blogs-are-the-new-fifth-estate/
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