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Blogs, Social Media and Political InCivility Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit and UT College of Law Introduction by Dr. Mike Fitzgerald March 23, 7:00P.M. Toyota Auditorium Live via webcast: http://tinyurl.com/yzkroa7 The role of blogs and social media as relates to civility in the political process. Specifically how blogs and social media create both an opportunity for increased participation in dialogue about policy issues and increased the polarization of policy issues and incivility. Dr. Mike Fitzgerald will discuss the shift from political dialogue characteristic of civil partisanship, which resulted in bi-partisan policy, to the current political atmosphere of incivility and a lack of cooperation. Reynolds will talk about how blogs and other forms of social media can be both an effective and ineffective tool in debate.