- AskMen.com - Weblogs
Feature article explaning how weblogs came about being an Internet phenomenon.
http://www.askmen.com/toys/special_feature_60/64_special_feature.html
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- BBC News - Global voices speak through blogs
A blogging project, "Global Voices," aims to bring together global blogs and their stories in ways that mainstream media do not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4414247.stm
(Added: Fri Mar 31 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an Online Research Tool
Jill Walker and Torill Mortensen's scholarly paper about their personal use of weblogs in research. This is a chapter from Researching ICTs in Context, ed. Andrew Morrison, 2002. [875 KB pdf document]
http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Ejpd/classes/ics234cw04/mortensen.pdf
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Bridging the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs
Indiana University LIS students' research paper presents the results of a content analysis of 203 randomly-selected weblogs. [620 KB pdf document]
http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Ejpd/classes/ics234cw04/herring.pdf
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Clickz.com - Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 1
"Will people pay to read a blog? Can bloggers successfully charge subscription fees? Can their publishing switch from free to fee?" Part one of a two-part series.
http://www.clickz.com/experts/design/freefee/article.php/3088241
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- Clickz.com - Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2
Can bloggers successfully charge subscription fees? Professional bloggers weigh in. Part two of a two-part series.
http://www.clickz.com/experts/design/freefee/article.php/3088281
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
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- Columbia Journalism Review - A Brief History of Weblogs
Mallory Jensen discusses how blogs went from being a very minor presence to a major fad/movement.
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/5/blog-jensen.asp
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- editorandpublisher.com - Blogrolling On a River
Blogging has gone mainstream.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1463420
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- Fast Company: All the News That's Fit to Blog
News does not need to be confined to newspapers nowadays. Those people in the know are writing and publishing news as it happens.
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/57/jellis.html
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- FOXNews.com - Blogging Into the Big Time
A new New York newspaper grew out of a one-man website.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,50442,00.html
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- I Blog, Therefore I Am (BBC)
Reports on the phenomenon of blogging.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/1799998.stm
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- I'm Blogging This: A Closer Look at Why People Blog
Academic research paper (with many references) based on interviews with bloggers, text analysis of blog posts, and quantitative analysis of posts and blogs. Also addresses the history of blogging and makes suggestions how to improve blogging systems and software.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Ejpd/classes/ics234cw04/nardi.pdf
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- InformationWeek - The Weblog Question
Article by John Foley. Employees who write about where they work need to consider the questions of, "Who owns the content?" and "Will my employer object?"
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=59100462
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- International Herald Tribune - Adieu, editors?
Blogging as a form of publishing may do away with editors (and objectivity) altogether.
http://www.iht.com/articles/54701.html
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- Knowledge@Wharton - Blogs, Everyone? Weblogs Are Here to Stay, but Where Are They Headed?
Discusses trends in the world of blogs. [Requires free registration]
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1172.cfm
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- MercuryNews.com - Election results humble bloggers
Bloggers posted early exit numbers suggesting Kerry would become president of the US.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10096397.htm
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- MISCmedia.com: Log - It's Better Than Bad, It's Good
Clark Humphrey's introduction to Weblogs, and suggested started points.
http://www.miscmedia.com/7-16-99.html
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- msnbc.com - Business pros flock to Weblogs
Online diaries create new form of journalism.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3073400/
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- news.com - The coming of the blogs
Weblogs are good places for marketers to observe and learn from the public.
http://news.com.com/2010-1076-886773.html
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- NYTimes.com - Online Digests Help Readers Cope With Information Avalanche
Andy Wang writes about pioneers in news blogging. [Free nytimes.com registration needed to view this article.]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/02link.html
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- Online Journal Review - Influence peddling in the blogosphere
Article asks what ethical standards should bloggers follow when offered payments or freebies for buzz?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050217lasica/
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- Perseus - The Blogging Iceberg
Results and analyses of a survey of blogs on eight leading blog-hosting services.
http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/
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- PR Studies: Social History of Blogs
Article from Leeds Business School & Centre for Public Relations. Asserts that weblogs are a return to the way the web was once envisioned: a way for the masses to create, edit and view content with little training required.
http://prstudies.typepad.com/weblog/2003/10/social_history_.html
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- Salon Technology - Fear of Links
Historical interest article. Scott Rosenberg writes, "While professional journalists turn up their noses, weblog pioneers invent a new, personal way to organize the Web's chaos."
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/05/28/weblogs/index.html
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- Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality
Clay Shirky's writings. Discusses the phenomenon of a few weblogs having a majority of the visitors.
http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html
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