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Introduction

Bruns, Axel and Jacobs, Joanne (2006) Introduction, in Bruns, Axel and Jacobs, Joanne, Eds. Uses of blogs, chapter 1, pages pp. 1-8. Peter Lang.

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Abstract

Uses of Blogs brings together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of fields to offer a broad spectrum of perspectives on current and emerging uses of blogs. Blogging is rapidly developing into a mainstream activity for Internet users, but beyond the popular headlines, there has been very little serious research done on their actual application in specific, everyday contexts. One reason for this is that the variety of styles of blogging - news blogs and political commentary blogs, marketing blogs, corporate dark blogs, fictional blogs, educational blogs, to name just a few - make it difficult to generalize and to imagine how blogs might be used in particular environments. This pathbreaking new book demonstrates the application of blogs and blogging in the full range of industrial and social contexts.

Item Type:Book Chapter
Status:Published
Place of Publication:New York
Keywords:blogs, blogging, online publishing, Internet
Subjects:420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies
400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media
ID Code:8834
Deposited By:Bruns, Axel
Deposited On:02 August 2007
Alternative Locations:http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68124&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=3&vUUR=4
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2006 Peter Lang
Additional Information:For more information, please refer to the publisher's website (see hypertext link) or contact the author. Author contact details: a.bruns@qut.edu.au