Blogging in the global society [electronic resource] : cultural, political and geographical aspects / Tatyana Dumova and Richard Fiordo, editors.

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.Description: electronic texts (274 p.) : ill., digital filesISBN:

9781609607456 (ebook)

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303.48/33 23

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HM851 .B593 2012e

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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.

Abstract: "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.

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"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.

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