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Why blog? : motivations for blogging /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pedersen, Sarah (Professor of communication and media) (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2010.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
Subjects:
Blogs > Social aspects.
Online journalism.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Blogues > Aspect social.
Journalisme en ligne.
Médias > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Computers and IT.
Mass media > Social aspects
Online journalism
Motivation
Soziale Funktion
Weblog
Electronic books.
Online news
Online news.
Actualités en ligne.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.