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Meet a word : netroots
Netroots
Definition : the grassroots political activists who communicate via the Internet especially by blogs
Example : Inarguably, it was the campaigning by the netroots that helped the senator get elected
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In July of 1912 McClure's Magazine reported, " From the Roosevelt standpoint, especially, it was a campaign from the ' grass roots up '. The voter was the thing." A little more than 90 years later, the Internet was the thing and the grassroots voters had gone virtual : " June 23rd is going to be the official launch of Gov. Dean's campaign for President — we want to use this day as a demonstration of the netroots and grassroots across the nation " (The Hotline, June 2003). It was Howard Dean's campaign that tapped into the wellspring of person-to-person electronic communication and brought us " netroots " a word that joins the " net " of " Internet " with the " roots " of grassroots
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In July of 1912 McClure's Magazine reported, " From the Roosevelt standpoint, especially, it was a campaign from the ' grass roots up '. The voter was the thing." A little more than 90 years later, the Internet was the thing and the grassroots voters had gone virtual : " June 23rd is going to be the official launch of Gov. Dean's campaign for President — we want to use this day as a demonstration of the netroots and grassroots across the nation " (The Hotline, June 2003). It was Howard Dean's campaign that tapped into the wellspring of person-to-person electronic communication and brought us " netroots " a word that joins the " net " of " Internet " with the " roots " of grassroots
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