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BLOGS and the BLOGOSPHERE

BLOGS and the BLOGOSPHERE. A new public forum. What is a blog?. Short for weblog Began around 1998 as guides/filters to the web Now blogs number in the thousands “web-log”  “we-blog”  “blog” Dated entries (always) Reference to material elsewhere on web (sometimes)

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BLOGS and the BLOGOSPHERE

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  1. BLOGS and the BLOGOSPHERE A new public forum

  2. What is a blog? • Short for weblog • Began around 1998 as guides/filters to the web • Now blogs number in the thousands • “web-log” “we-blog”  “blog” • Dated entries (always) • Reference to material elsewhere on web (sometimes) • Opportunity to post responses (sometimes) • Unaffiliated with official media (sometimes) • Sarcastic or irreverant tone (sometimes)

  3. Developments • Hosting services & software: 1999 • Shift toward community-support role • Mutually-referring (or antagonistic) blogs • Shift from mostly links to mostly original content

  4. Blogs on the Right • http://drudgereport.com/ • http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/ • http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm

  5. Blogs on the Left • http://www.alternet.org/discuss/ • http://buzzflash.com/ • http://www.democraticunderground.com/

  6. Gobs of Blogs • http://www.kmax.ws/top25blogs.htm • http://www.kmax.ws/bloglinks.htm • http://portal.eatonweb.com/

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