Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics

Index

Index 279 AARP, 90–91, 252 ABC PAC, 176 abolitionism, 42–43 abortion: ballot initiatives on, 242; decline in use of, 78–79, 81, 82; Millennial attitudes toward, 99; polarization over, 115–116; state discourse on, 245; in 2006 election, 132, 137–138; in 2008 election, 210 Abramoff, Jack, 136 ActBlue, 176 Adams, Abigail, 233 Adams, John Quincy, 194 Adaptive Generation, 26. See also Silent Generation “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The” (television program), 72–73 advertisements and advertising: attack type, 130–131, 154, 155, 162; Burns’s use of, 137; decline in television political, 162–164; funding for “Red to Blue” campaign, 120–121, 124; Internet potential for, 153–155; radio as medium for, 58–59; of SheaPorter ’s candidacy, 126; on stem cell research issue, 133 affirmative action programs, 95–96 African Americans: data mining as technique to target, 181; drop-out rates of, 257; on interracial relationships, 95; Jim Crow laws and, 43, 234; shift to Democratic Party, 19; 2008 election’s importance and, 216–217 age: attitudinal changes and, 88–91; immigration attitudes and, 96–97; party identification and, 206. See also children and childrearing practices; generations and generational cycles; elderly people; youth vote agriculture vs. industrialization, 195–196 AIDS, 98 Alabama: civil rights march remembered in, 11–14, 193 Albright, Madeleine, 134 “Alice” (television program), 74 Allen, George, 134–135 “All in the Family” (television program), 74, 78 “All Things Digital” conference (2007), 205 AltaVista, 237 Altmire, Jason, 120 amber alerts, 81, 120, 265 America First, 100 “American Idol” (television program), 87, 239 American Independent Party, 37–38 American Indians, 46 American (Know-Nothing) Party, 42 Index.qxd 11/21/07 3:48 PM Page 279 American Temperance Society, 40 AmeriCorps, 260 Amos, Tori, 145 Andersen, Kurt, 6–7 Anderson, Kylee, 148 “Andy Griffith Show, The” (television program), 73 Anthony, Joe, 172–173 Anthony, Susan B., 41 Apple, 143, 148–149, 154 Armstrong, Jerome, 157–161 Arno, Peter, 60 Arrington, Michael, 177 Articles of Confederation, 248 ArtistDirect, Inc., 149 AT&T, 141 attitudes. See public opinion and attitudes; voters’ attitudes; specific generations (e.g., Millennial attitudes) Avalon (film), 69–70 avian flu, 200 awakening, use of term, 192–193 Baby Boomer Generation: childhood environment of, 68–70; civil rights movement and, 45; conservative vs. liberal gap in, 209; cultural wars and, 3, 192–193; debt of, 251–252; demographics of, 26, 69–70; divisions of, 2; media usage of, 166; Millennials compared with, 4; moralistic views of, 209; Moses Generation compared with, 13–14; music identified with, 86; party identification of, 206; pop culture’s reflection of, 72–73, 84–85, 151; post-2006 election predictions of, 201; retirement concerns of, 252; surveys of, xiv–xv Baby Boomers’ attitudes: differences between parties and candidates, 105; foreign affairs, 101–102, 104; global warming, 5; Iraq War, 5; music, 151; optimism, 82, 92; religion, 89; selfcentered , 83; sexuality, 97; 2008 election issues, 210; 2006 election results, 138; voluntarism, 262; voting, 90–91; women’s roles, 98 “Bachelor Father” (television program), 73 Backstreet Boys, 85 “Barney” (television program), 264 Barone, Michael, 210 Baucus, Max, 266–267 Beatles, 151 Bennett, George, 255 Bennis, Warren, 223 Berelson, Bernard, 88 Berman, Jeff, 173 Berra,Yogi, 168 Bertelsmann corporation, 145 Best Buy, 144–145 Biloxi Blues (play and film), 67 bipartisanship: community service and, 260–263; health care solution and, 254, 255–256; Millennialist agenda and, 250–251; post-9/11 expansion of, 115; wage insurance program and, 266–267. See also partisanship; party identification birth control: changing attitudes toward, 99; decline in use of, 78–79, 81, 82. See also abortion Birth of a Nation,The (film), 43 birthrates: generations compared, 69–71, 78–79; GI Generation and, 26; Millennial Generation and, 26, 67 Blackberries, 114 Blanchard, Jim, ix, 62 Blinder, Alan, 267 blogs and blogosphere: email compared with, 178; increased importance of, 138, 175–180; on Map Changers contest, 158–159; McNerney’s 2006 campaign and, Index 280 Index.qxd 11/21/07 3:48 PM Page 280 129–131; on MySpace and command-and-control controversy, 172–173; problems with conservative, 177–178;Tester’s 2006 campaign and, 135–137 “Bloody Sunday” remembrances, 11–14, 193 Bloomer, Amelia, 41 Bluey, Robert, 176 “Bob Newhart Show, The” (television program), 74, 75 Bosworth, Barry, 253 Boyda, Nancy, 122 “Brady Bunch, The” (television program), 73 Briand, Aristide, 88 Brin, Sergei, 237 Britt-Gibson, Justin, 95 Broder, David, 21, 220 Brokaw, Tom, 66...