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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:
Blogs > Social aspects.
Blogs > Political aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Political aspects.
Blogging
Cultural differences
Regional differences
Blogosphere
Global trends
History
Rhetoric
Web 2.0
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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