Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2008 The mpI act of Blogs on State Politics Emily Metzgar Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE IMPACT OF BLOGS ON STATE POLITICS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Manship School of Mass Communication by Emily Metzgar B.A., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI, 1993 M.A., The George Washington University - Washington, DC, 1997 August 2008 © Copyright 2008 Emily Therese Metzgar All rights reserved ii To my parents. Thank you. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people contributed to the successful completion of this project and while space does not permit me to list all of them, several individuals deserve special mention. First, thank you to the chair of my committee, Dr. Kirby Goidel, who smilingly processed my ideas while simultaneously offering more realistic options. I have appreciated his support, his humor and his willingness to give me enough rope to get into trouble.