1st Edition

Blogging, Citizenship, and the Future of Media

Edited By Mark Tremayne Copyright 2007
308 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection of original essays addresses a number of questions seeking to increase our understanding of the role of blogs in the contemporary media landscape. It takes a provocative look at how blogs are reshaping culture, media, and politics while offering multiple theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to the study. Americans are increasingly turning to blogs for news,... Read more
Preface Introduction Examining the Blog-Media Relationship Mark Tremayne Part One: Blogging: Research on blogging using content analysis
  • A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Blogs: 2003-2004
  • Susan C. Herring, Lois Ann Scheidt, Inna Kouper and Elijah Wright
  • Audiences as Media Producers: A Content Analysis of 260 Blogs
  • Zizi Papacharissi
  • Pundits in Muckrakers’ Clothing: Political Blogs and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
  • D. Travers Scott
  • Analyzing Political Conversation on the Howard Dean Candidate Blog
  • Sharon Meraz
  • Blogging for Better Health: Putting the ‘Public’ Back in Public Health
  • S. Shyam Sundar, Heidi Hatfield Edwards, Yifeng Hu, and Carmen Stavrositu Part Two: Citizenship: Examining blog use, antecedents and consequences
  • Reading Political Blogs During the 2004 Election Campaign: Correlates & Consequences William P. Eveland, Jr. and Ivan Dylko
  • Blog Use Motivations: An Exploratory Study
  • Barbara Kaye
  • Credibility of Political Messages on the Internet: A Comparison of Blog Sources
  • Lynda Lee Kaid and Monica Postelnicu
  • Blog Readers: Predictors of Reliance on War Blogs
  • Thomas Johnson and Barbara Kaye Part Three: The Future of Media: Examining the Impact of Blogging on Journalism
  • Protection in the Blogosphere: Applying a Functional Definition of ‘Press’ to Blogs
  • Laura Hendrickson
  • Blogs Without Borders: International Legal Jurisdiction Issues Facing Bloggers
  • Brian Carroll and Bob Frank
  • Emergent Communication Networks as Civic Journalism
  • Lou Rutigliano
  • Citizen Journalism: A Case Study
  • Clyde Bentley, Brian Hamman, Jeremy Littau, Hans Meyer, Brendan Watson and Beth Welsh
  • Harnessing the Active Audience: Synthesizing Blog Research and Lessons for the Future of Media
  • Mark Tremayne Contributors Index

    Biography

    Mark Tremayne is Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.