Blogging in the global society cultural, political and geographical aspects /

"This book provides a comprehensive view of blogging as a global practice, looking at the new virtual world--a blogosphere--populated with opinion leaders and information purveyors, political pundits and activists, human and animal rights defenders and abusers, corruption fighters and truth see...

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Dumova, Tatyana, 1962-, Fiordo, Richard, 1945-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
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260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c 2011. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (274 p.) :  |b ill., digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 # |a 1. Blogs as a source of democratic deliberation / Barbara K. Kaye, Thomas J. Johnson and Peter Muhlberger -- 2. The blogosphere in the "land of smiles": citizen media and political conflict in Thailand / Melissa Wall and Treepon Kirdnark -- 3. Fame, fantasy, fanfare and fun: the blossoming of the Chinese culture of blogmongering / Zixue Tai -- 4. The funhouse mirror: the blogosphere's reflection of women's sports / Marie Hardin, Bu Zhong and Thomas F. Corrigan -- 5. Civility or censorship?: an examination of the reaction to a proposed code of conduct for bloggers / Gwen L. Shaffer -- 6. Getting schooled: basketball blog KnickerBlogger.Net as a case study / Anastacia Kurylo and Michael Kurylo -- 7. Rebels, heretics, and exiles: blogging among estranged and questioning American Hasidim / Naomi Gold -- 8. The Status of blogging in the Republic of Ireland: a case study / Lori F. Brost and Carol McGinnis -- 9. Blogging for sovereignty: an analysis of Palestinian blogs / Justin D. Martin and Sherine El-Toukhy -- 10. Blogging as a means of grieving / Jocelyn M. DeGroot and Heather J. Carmack -- 11. U.S. political blogs: what aspects of blog design correlate with popularity? / Lynne M. Webb, Tiffany E. Fields, Sitthivorada Boupha and Matthew N. Stell -- 12. Blogging motivations for Latin American bloggers: a uses and gratifications approach / Jenny Bronstein -- 13. The first amendment's impact on bloggers: a legal perspective / Joshua Azriel -- 14. Analyzing blogs: a hermeneutic perspective / Richard Fiordo -- 15. Social interaction technologies and the future of blogging / Tatyana Dumova. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a "This book provides a comprehensive view of blogging as a global practice, looking at the new virtual world--a blogosphere--populated with opinion leaders and information purveyors, political pundits and activists, human and animal rights defenders and abusers, corruption fighters and truth seekers"--Provided by publisher. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed October 21, 2011). 
650 # 0 |a Blogs  |x Social aspects. 
650 # 0 |a Blogs  |x Political aspects. 
650 # 0 |a Internet  |x Social aspects. 
650 # 0 |a Internet  |x Political aspects. 
653 # # |a Blogging 
653 # # |a Cultural differences 
653 # # |a Regional differences 
653 # # |a Blogosphere 
653 # # |a Global trends 
653 # # |a History 
653 # # |a Rhetoric 
653 # # |a Web 2.0 
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700 1 # |a Fiordo, Richard,  |d 1945- 
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