Taylor & Francis Ltd - Blogging Citizenship And The Future Of Media - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 information and entertainment. But what is the content of blogs? Who writes them? What is the consequence of the population's growing dependence on blogs for political information? What are the effects of blogging? Do readers trust blogs as credible sources of information? The volume includes quantitative and qualitative studies of the blogosphere its contents its authors and its networked connections. The readers of blogs are another focus of the collection: how are blog readers different from the rest of the population? What consequences do blogs have for the lives of everyday people? Finally the book explores the ramifications of the blog phenomenon on the future of traditional media: television newspapers and radio.
Title: Blogging Citizenship And The Future Of Media
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415979405
Pages: 308 Pages, 39 Tables, Black And White; 4 Halftones, Black And White; 12 Illustrations, Black And Whi
Publication Date: 11/15/2006
Category: Media Studies