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Why blog? : motivations for blogging / Sarah Pedersen.

By: Pedersen, Sarah (Professor of communication and media) [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2010Description: 1 online resource (ix, 152 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781780631714; 1780631715Subject(s): Blogs -- Social aspects | Online journalism | Mass media -- Social aspectsAdditional physical formats: Why blog?DDC classification: 303.4833 LOC classification: HM851 | .P43 2010ebOnline resources: ScienceDirect

Contents:

Introduction -- The journal blog: a traditional form mediated by the Internet -- The journalism motivation -- Beneficial blogging -- Do privacy concerns impact on blogging motivations? -- The money motive -- Blogs as tools -- Doing it for different reasons I: women's motivations for blogging -- Doing it for different reasons II: Americans and Brits.

Action note: digitized 2011 committed to preserveSummary: '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 into a published 'book'. Expands the discussion of the blogging phenomenon outside the USFocuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched USIncludes a discussion of the motivations of women bloggers.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.

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'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 into a published 'book'. Expands the discussion of the blogging phenomenon outside the USFocuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched USIncludes a discussion of the motivations of women bloggers.

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