Tremayne Blogging, Citizenship, and the Future of Media

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-135-86354-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tremayne, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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