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By: An attempt to define blogging as a genre | Online Journalism Blog

An attempt to define blogging as a genre | Online Journalism Blog — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:08:20 +0000

[...] asked previously “Can you define blogging without mentioning technology?” here is my attempt to do just that for a book chapter on blogging and journalism. Am I right? Have [...]

By: France: Blogs are dead. Now they’re called ‘the media’ | Online Journalism Blog

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:51:58 +0000

[...] Blogging is about leading a conversation. Such discussions sometimes reach a level so high that it has implications in the public sphere. Maître Eolas’ blog served as a Cahier de Doléances for French lawyers. Just like Guido Fawkes’ role in Peter Hain’s resignation, Maître Eolas’ blog is now the Fourth Estate ; a real counterweight to government policies. [...]

By: Ce que bloguer veut dire | Samsa news

Ce que bloguer veut dire | Samsa news — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:25:29 +0000

[...] Paul Bradshaw s’est posé la même question. Et il demande à ses lecteurs de tenter de définir ce que bloguer veut dire sans faire référence à la [...]

By: Dima

Dima — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:59:35 +0000

I like a slightly paraphrased version of Technorati's definition of the blogosphere: interconnected communities of writers and readers at the convergence of journalism and conversation… maybe it can help.

By: ::: Think Macro ::: » Reading blogs #2

::: Think Macro ::: » Reading blogs #2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:22:17 +0000

[...] “Define blogging without mentioning technology” – a nice, short, and provocative post on “Online Journalism Blog”; of course what really interesting are the comments left by users trying to answer this challenge. I would probably answer this quest borrowing (and slightly altering) from Technorati’s latest “State of the Blogosphere” report: interconnected communities of writers and readers at the convergence of journalism and conversation. What do you think? [...]

By: John N. Le

John N. Le — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:08:29 +0000

Gavin, I truly appreciate your choice of the word 'conversation' as the true value of a blog is to provide a forum of communication, where the blogger makes a post that acts as the catalyst to drive comments…the more "global" and dynamic the comments the closer we converge towards a real conversation of ideas and thoughts. That's the true value of a blog. And unfortunately today, blog comments are fairly static and often simply die in cyberland.

By: Mitch Ratcliffe

Mitch Ratcliffe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:47:28 +0000

It's a conversational form of writing, which may be meaningful or total blather. The content is up the blogger, who will be judged or ignored based on their contribution to the conversation.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:10:26 +0000

I would say that blogging is turning a way you can turn a monologue in to a conversation

By: Elke Sisco

Elke Sisco — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:54:06 +0000

I'm with Pete here. I can say it without using the word "technology", but I need to say "online": items published online in date order. Doesn't matter whether you write short text (twitter) or long (any journalist who writes a column online is a blogger), whether you publish photos on flickr or videos in a podcast. Doesn't matter whether you allow comments and feedback, and whether you have subscribers, and how much interaction you allow. My opinion is if you publish items online in date order, that's blogging.

By: mrjeff

mrjeff — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:51:20 +0000

For me blogging is totally for me. I selfishly write whatever I want. Venting, spouting, gushing, sharing…sure, but with who?