TY - JOUR AU - Swift, Jeffrey PY - 2011/12/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Cascades and the political blogosphere JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 16 IS - 12 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v16i12.3744 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3744 SP - AB - Despite the fact that political blogs seem to be just as dominated by elites as traditional journalism, networks of individuals play an essential role in spreading arguments in the political blogosphere. The hyperlinking economy of political blogs is powered by competition, elevation, and access. This economy values networks of individuals just as much as — if not more than — it values elite top–tier bloggers. ER -