Why blog? : motivations for blogging / Sarah Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedersen, Sarah (Professor of communication and media), author.

Series:

Chandos Information Professional Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Online journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

'Weblogging' or 'blogging' has joined e-mail and Internet home pages as one of the most popular uses of the Internet. This book focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US. Motivations covered include the desire to connect with others online, the need to express opinions or blow off steam, or to share experiences, and a growing financial motivation in the blogosphere. Other motivations explored include a desire to become a 'citizen journalist', a need for validation, the commercial possibilities of blogging and the possibility of turning your blog i

Contents:

Cover; Why Blog? Motivations for blogging; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1 Introduction; What is a blog?; Early research on the blogosphere; Research on the British blogosphere; The aim of this book; 2 The journal blog: a traditional form mediated by the Internet; The diary genre; The online diary; 3 The journalism motivation; Letters to the editor; Making your voice heard: citizen journalism; Mainstream media response; Redressing the mainstream media; Blogging politicians; Blogging as creative writing; 4 Beneficial blogging; The blogging personality; Letting it all out

Positive feedback from readers Keeping in touch with friends; Finding new friends; 5 Do privacy concerns impact on blogging motivations?; Secret from friends and family; Secret from employers; 6 The money motive; Advertising; Books; 7 Blogs as tools; Blogs as tools for teaching and learning; Academic blogs; Information gathering; 8 Doing it for different reasons I: women's motivations for blogging; Male dominance; Women's motivations for blogging; Blogroll differences; 9 Doing it for different reasons II: Americans and Brits; Demographic differences; Perceptions of blogging

Satisfactions from bloggingBlogroll differences; Note; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780631714

1780631715

OCLC:

867318451