University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 3-26-2010 Writing to (Re)New Orleans: The Post-Hurricane Katrina Blogosphere and Its Ability to Inspire Recovery Daisy Pignetti University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Pignetti, Daisy, "Writing to (Re)New Orleans: The Post-Hurricane Katrina Blogosphere and Its Ability to Inspire Recovery" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3437 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Writing to (Re)New Orleans: The Post-Hurricane Katrina Blogosphere and Its Ability to Inspire Recovery by Daisy Pignetti A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of English College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Joseph M. Moxley, Ph.D. Joyce R. Walker, Ph.D. Trey Conner, Ph.D. Meredith Zoetewey, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 26, 2010 Keywords: activism, citizen journalism, community, oral history, web 2.0 © Copyright 2010, Daisy Pignetti Table of Contents Abstract .................................................................................................................iii