From M/Cyclopedia of New Media
My name is Hailey Puller
Course: Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Business
Majoring in Advertising
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Applications of Personal Blogging - History
Applications of Personal Blogging - Gender
Applications of Personal Blogging - Culture and social
Applications of Personal Blogging - Outlet for teenagers
Applications of Personal Blogging - Education
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Applications of Personal Blogging
Annotated Bibliography
Weblogs - history, types, who uses them and why
Blood, Rebecca. (2002)The weblog handbook : practical advice on creating and maintaining your blog, Cambridge, MA : Perseus Publishing, ISBN 073820756X
- Rebecca Blood has a well-grounded history in weblogs, creating websites since 1996 and beginning her own weblog, “Rebecca’s Pocket� in 1999. Rebecca Blood’s book is the first of its kind in explaining how weblogs work and discussing their impact in society and implications in the future. Chapters one defines exactly what weblogs are, giving several practical examples of the term, it defines terms with an association to weblogs such as, blogs, notebooks and filters. It also discusses what weblogs do in the bigger scheme of things for instance: promoting media literacy, provide alternate points of view and context. The second chapter entitled ‘why a weblog’ attempts to define the users of weblogs and the various reasons for their usage and choice of communicative medium. Chapter four also provides some more insight on people’s purposes for weblogging such as: self-expression, keeping in touch, information sharing, etc.
Coggins, S. (2004) Who uses Blogs? retrieved July 26, 2004, from http://weblogs.about.com/cs/weblogs101/f/whoblogs.htm
- This website explores the issue of just exactly who is involved in creating weblogs. It splits the users of weblogs into four categories of bloggers: personal, business, organisational and professional. After giving a basic definition of each user this website gives examples of what type of weblogs entries. Each group creates, the type of themes that they discuss, and the type of people they are. For example, personal bloggers create blogs that they can use for journal or diary entries and are most likely to discuss personal concepts that they feel strongly or passionately about. Whereas business bloggers use blogs to promote their ideas, products or services for their associated company and often have links to relevant articles and information sources. This website also includes several links where you can harness more specific information about weblogs.
Foley, J (2002, July 22) Are you blogging yet? retrieved July 26, 2004, from http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020719S0001/1
- This journalist defines weblogs under two categories – personal and business. Personal weblogs are continuously growing and evolving whereas business weblogs are just coming into their own with more and more business harnessing them as a new form of individual brainstorming and an always-accessible personal ideas page. The bulk of this journal explores the idea of business weblogs encompassing the issues of the impact weblogging will have on employees, the company, their clients, employees work rate, copyright, and individual thoughts as apposed to brainstorming sessions. It gives a personalised description of the effect on companies, such as Lotus Note, that have harnessed this network of communication. It reflects on the value of the web journal in the business world giving several examples of companies that have or are in the process of changing the working environment to suit the needs of business blogging.
Grossman, L. (2004) “Meet Joe Blog,� Time Magazine, 28 June, p.42
- Grossman’s article “Meet Joe Blog� is an interesting piece that emphasises the growth and acceptance of blogs over the last 5 years from ‘an obscure, nerdy fashion’ to a ‘genuine alternative to mainstream news outlets’. An elaborative definition of ‘blogs’ and examples of their diverse usage leads the way for a discussion about their impact on, in this case, American society. The most interesting and informative part of this article is when Grossman outlines five definative ‘bloggers to watch’ and follows with a descriptive example of their work and how and exactly what they have contributed to the new techno-crazed community. Each example includes the topics that are covered in their blogs, a brief history of the blog, why they are so popular and a link/reference to their site.
Hourihan, M (2002, June. 13) What we are doing when we blog, retrieved July 25, 2004, from http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/13/megnut.html
- Meg Hourihan’s weblog deals with the ever presence of weblogs as a form of social communication and the evolution of a new strands of bloggers as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks. She uses this weblog to deconstruct another article, by Seipp to prove certain points about blogging. Meg talks about a commonality between all bloggers – it doesn’t matter if they are war, personal or business bloggers they all use the same format and that is how they stay connected. This blog discusses the changes that the weblog format has undertaken and she defines terms associated to weblogs mentioning their practical implications. I.e. Without a time stamp the reader cannot determine the authors update pattern, or have knowledge that they were on the same site at the same time.
Mitchell, B (2003) “Weblogs – a road back to basics,� Nieman Reports vol.57, no.3, pp. 65 - 68
- This journal entry reports on one user of weblogging – the journalist. It discusses the positive and negative implications of weblogs on journalism and what people in the industry think about using the new technology of weblogging. It gives various examples of what weblogging will do to the journalism industry and gets a lot of peoples opinions on the topic. Such positive implications are: provide journalists with more edge, help journalists serve different niches within their audience, enable groups of journalists to join forces on common topics – overall it will revolutionize journalism as we know it today as a more personable and flexible medium. It is important to our research because it recounts personal stories of many journalists, their interactions and experiences with weblogs and how large corporations feel about using this system.
PIC Web Services Inc (2002) Timeline of Early Blogs, retrieved July 25, 2004, from http://weblogs.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blockstar.com%2Fblog%2Fblog_timeline.html
- Blockstar is a website that helps people create personal or commercial website and weblogs. This website includes a timeline which tracks weblogging back to the beginnings of the Internet. This timeline captures the major events of weblogs from June 1993 until August 1999. For each stage in the timeline there is a link to other pages where more information can be accessed. It lists each event in terms of the month and year, followed by a brief description of what occurred. For example, in December 1997 Jorn Barger is noted to have coined the term ‘weblog’. The timeline gives background and extended information about several events and also includes links to other pages for more detailed information on relevant users and browsers.
Rodzvilla, John. (2002) We've got blog : how weblogs are changing our culture, Cambridge, MA : Perseus Publishing, ISBN 0738207411
- This book encapsulates everything there is to know about ‘Weblogs’ from the people who know the most about it, e.g. Rebecca Blood, Cameron Barrett. Chapter two, taken from Rebecca Blood’s weblog “Rebecca’s Pocket�, deals specifically with the history of weblogs and how they are fitting in and evolving in today’s society. Chapters 3, 6, 8, 10 and 14 consist of the personal experiences of various bloggers across many Industries, how weblogs fit into their life and future ramifications. With so many personal examples of weblogs, “We’ve got blog� provides the essential answers for researching the history of weblogs, who uses them and why’.
Seipp, C (2002, June.) Online Uprising, retrieved July 20, 2004, from http://weblogs.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajr.org%2FArticle.asp%3Fid%3D2555
- Catherine Seipp is a Los Angeles based writer and a long time observer of the local media scene. Catherine Seipp’s article entitled ‘Online Uprising’ raises some different issues about blogging in terms of different countries and how events have affected people and indeed the blogging culture. It talks about how the events of September 11 and how it firstly reinvented the definition of blogging and developed a slew of new users and websites to give the Internet media landscape a different slant. Online Uprising talks about the readers of weblogs – who they are and why they do it – the issue of journalism versus weblogging and journalists who like to blog. Seipp’s “Online Uprising� is both personable and in depth and covers a diverse amount of issues related to the topic of Weblogging.
Sullivan, A. (2002) "The Blogging Revolution," Wired Magazine, Issue 10.05, retrieved July 25, 2004, from http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/mustread.html?pg=2
- Andrew Sullivan’s article in Wired Magazine begins by spouting how the users of weblogs have changed from ‘sometimes nutty, sometimes inspired writing of online diaries’ to an ohmage of different users, ‘there are tech blogs, sex blogs, onanistic teenage blogs, news blogs’. He breaks down the positives aspects of blogging into two forms and gives realistic examples to prove his point. It includes a personal recount of his experiences with setting up his own weblog, his opinion of journalists as both bloggers and writers, how the ‘blogging revolution’ has affected they journalism industry and a discussion about what blogging is doing in today’s society.
Winer, D (2002, May. 17) The history of Weblogs, retrieved July 25, 2004, from http://newhome.weblogs.com/historyOfWeblogs
- This post by Dave Winer who runs the Scripting News weblog, one of the earliest and the longest running weblog on the Internet, breaks down the term Weblog and defines it in a clear cut, precise manner. Dave’s post is personal and informative as he tackles the issue of Weblogs. He discusses and gives examples of early and current weblogs and talks about the role the he has taken in creating weblogs. Throughout his post Dave includes links to other websites and to news stories concerning Weblogs.
Wikipedia (2004, Jul. 31) Weblog, retrieved July 26, 2004, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblog
- Wikipedia is a free online Encyclopedia that is constantly being edited and updated by a mass amount of anonymous users. This Wikipedia entry entitled, ‘Weblog’ provides the viewer with up to date information on everything about weblogs from their mere beginnings to their various applications in today’s technologically equipped society. It includes the fundamental definition of a weblog and then breaks down its history into the headings of precursors, blogging beginnings and blogging’s rise to influence. Secondly it discusses the types of weblogs and their different users and lists at least ten variations of weblogging. This site has a substantial amount of links to other sites in the Wikipedia and Internet sites to allow the viewer to have access to and harness even more information on a certain topic. For example, the person who coined the word ‘Weblog’ – Jorn Barger - has a link to more personal information about him and his life.
Hailey Puller 16:24, 9 Aug 2004 (EST)
