Playing possum: Straws in the wind of the blogosphere

This article discusses the blog Possum Pollytics that became very well regarded by its readers, other bloggers and journalists over the course of the 2007 Australian federal election campaign, and examines it for harbingers of the impact of new media on journalists and their publics. The article co...

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Autor principal:	Chris Nash
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2008
Materias:	blogging colonialism opinion polls political journalism public sphere Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d5a793120da246eeb29022d4e5cea8a72021-12-02T10:16:52ZPlaying possum: Straws in the wind of the blogosphere10.24135/pjr.v14i2.9411023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/d5a793120da246eeb29022d4e5cea8a72008-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/941https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 This article discusses the blog Possum Pollytics that became very well regarded by its readers, other bloggers and journalists over the course of the 2007 Australian federal election campaign, and examines it for harbingers of the impact of new media on journalists and their publics. The article commences with an account of the main features of the blog, with special reference to its analysis of the voting trends evident in the pre-election opinion polls. It then discusses two issues with respect to the challenge posed by new media uses to professional journalism: firstly, the way that the anonymity highlights the challenge by some bloggers on behalf of publics to the brandname mastheads and journalistic personalities, particularly in the challenging circumstances of no business model for new media; and secondly, that Habermas’ early theorising of the public sphere might re-emerge as a valuable way to understand the current developments. Chris NashAsia Pacific Networkarticlebloggingcolonialismopinion pollspolitical journalismpublic sphereCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2008)
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description	This article discusses the blog Possum Pollytics that became very well regarded by its readers, other bloggers and journalists over the course of the 2007 Australian federal election campaign, and examines it for harbingers of the impact of new media on journalists and their publics. The article commences with an account of the main features of the blog, with special reference to its analysis of the voting trends evident in the pre-election opinion polls. It then discusses two issues with respect to the challenge posed by new media uses to professional journalism: firstly, the way that the anonymity highlights the challenge by some bloggers on behalf of publics to the brandname mastheads and journalistic personalities, particularly in the challenging circumstances of no business model for new media; and secondly, that Habermas’ early theorising of the public sphere might re-emerge as a valuable way to understand the current developments.
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Playing possum: Straws in the wind of the blogosphere

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