New Communication Technology Essay
Blogging has become a not-so-new internet fad, but what does blogging's future hold? What are the new directions blogs are taking in 2008. (Online business: A new direction for blogging?)
Blogging for dollars
By Jim McClellan
February 12 2003
Livewire
theage.com.au
-"Weblogs are one of the few things online still capable of generating media buzz and bucks. The libertarian blogger Glenn Reynolds turned himself into a marketable political pundit via his hugely popular blog (instapundit.com) and now appears on the news cable channel MSNBC. United States-based right-wing British blogger Andrew Sullivan (andrewsullivan.com) recently netted about $US79,000 ($133,000) in donations from his readers during a "pledge week" in which he appealed for funds to keep his site running." <MORE EXAMPLES>
Living With Cyberspace- technology and society in the 21st century
By John Armitage and Joanne Roberts
2002
(HM851.L58)
Chapter 10 pg 135
Towards the cybereconomy, making a business out of cyberspace
Culture in the communication age
Edited by James Lull
2001
(HM61.C86)
Chapter 11
Computers, the internet and virtual cultures- Steve Jones and Stephanie Kucker
Blogging for Business- Everything you need to know and why you should care
Shel Holts and Ted Demopoulos
2006
(TK5105.888.4.H65)
Forward
Dan Janal
Introduction
-"Blogs are not a fad. Consider the statistics. As of late October 2005, blog search engine Technorati was tracking over 20 million blog. In his quarterly "state of the blogosphere" post, Technorati founder and CEO Dave Sirfry noted that 70000 blogs were created every day."(pg xii)
Business Week
Blogs Will Change Your Business
Stephen Baker and Heather Green
May 2 2005
Online version with 2008 annotations http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2008/db20080219_908252.htm
-the who's who of blogging http://2008.bloggies.com/
-new blog search/comparison tool http://www.trendpedia.com/
-article about that at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/track_blog_trends_with_trendpedia.php
-the long tail http://www.thelongtail.com
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