ISBN:
9780415979405
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (310 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Blogging, Citizenship and the Future of Media
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Citizen journalism
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
We have all heard that Americans are increasingly turning to blogs for news, information, and entertainment. But what is the content of blogs? Who writes them? What is the consequence of the population's growing dependence on blogs for political information? What are the effects of blogging? Do readers trust blogs as credible sources of information?. This collection of all new essays will address these and related questions in seeking to increase our understanding of the role of blogs in the contemporary media landscape. The volume includes quantitative and qualitative studies of the blogosphe
Description / Table of Contents:
Front cover; Contents; Preface: Blog Terminology; Introduction: Examining the Blog-Media Relationship; Chapter 1. Longitudinal Content Analysis of Blogs: 2003-2004; Chapter 2. Audiences as Media Producers: Content Analysis of 260 Blogs; Chapter 3. Pundits in Muckrakers' Clothing: Political Blogs and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election; Chapter 4. Analyzing Political Conversation on the Howard Dean Candidate Blog; Chapter 5. Blogging for Better Health: Putting the "Public" Back in Public Health
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6. Reading Political Blogs During the 2004 Election Campaign: Correlates and Political ConsequencesChapter 7. Blog Use Motivations: An Exploratory Study; Chapter 8. Credibility of Political Messages on the Internet: A Comparison of Blog Sources; Chapter 9. Blog Readers: Predictors of Reliance on War Blogs; Chapter 10. Press Protection in the Blogosphere: Applying a Functional Definition of "Press" to New Web Logs; Chapter 11. Blogs Without Borders: International Legal Jurisdiction Issues Facing Bloggers; Chapter 12. Emergent Communication Networks as Civic Journalism
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 13. Citizen Journalism: A Case StudyChapter 14. Harnessing the Active Audience: Synthesizing Blog Research and Lessons for the Future of Media; Editor; Contributors; Index; Back cover;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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