Uses of Blogs (Digital Formations)

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Synopsis: 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.

From the Back Cover: "This is a broad, but deep look at the social, political, business, and academic effects that blogging is having on our society. Highly recommended!" Robert Scoble, Corporate Blogger, Microsoft Corporation

"We blog, therefore we are players in our own future. Jacobs and Bruns have provided an exciting and useful map to the practices, ethics, and potentials of this most encouraging Internet phenomenon. Highly recommended." Pat Kane, Consultant, Singer, Activist, and Author, The Play Ethic

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Title: Uses of Blogs (Digital Formations)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good