Richard Davis is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He is the author or co-author of many books on media and politics including Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process; Politics Online: Blogs, Chatrooms, and Discussion Groups in American Democracy; and The Web of Politics: The Internet’s Impact on the American Political System. In 2003, Davis won the McGannon Communication Policy Award for his book Campaigning Online: The Internet in U.S. Elections. Davis received his Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University. At the Shorenstein Center, Davis researched and wrote about the political blogosphere.
A Symbiotic Relationship between Journalists and Bloggers
June 1, 2008
A paper by Richard Davis, spring 2008 fellow, analyzes how political bloggers are affecting traditional journalism. How is a community with long-held traditions and professional norms being affected by a community that seemingly plays by its own rules? What is the nature of the relationship between these two players? The thesis of this paper is
