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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Pop Goes Politics -- Larry King Liberated Me -- Nobody here But Just Us folks -- The Nerd Revolution -- Pixilated zoverning by Teledemocracy -- Crazy...Just crazy for You": Perot -ingrichI and the new suburban majority -- Virtual America -- Voice of the people: Goud and Unclear -- The Kum of the Xepublic -- The Newtonian Devolution -- Epilogue" Internet Campaigning ª -1996 and beyond -- Acknowledgments -- notes -- index.

The 1992 presidential race saw the candidates, in particular Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, use unorthodox means of reaching and reading the electorate. Not only did they give a high profile to "800" numbers, but the candidates also went hunting for votes through nontraditional forums such as Larry King Live and call-ins on other shows, Arsenio, and MTV news and specials. This article examines what these "soft" formats did to the political discourse and what the discourse did to the formats.