New Media, New Politics?

Quotes that my dissertation cannot afford for me to lose....

May 5
“critics fail to recognize how the growth of blogs and other forms of online writing has partially reversed a trend that many cultural critics have decried — what Russell Jacoby called the “professionalization and academization” of public intellectuals. In fact, the growth of the blogosphere breaks down — or at least erodes — the barriers erected by a professionalized academy.” Dan Drezner: Public Intellectual 2.0 - ChronicleReview.com