Why blog?
Subtitle: Motivations for blogging
By: Sarah Pedersen
Series: Chandos information professional series; Chandos information professional series
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781843345831
Subjects: Blogs; Social aspects; Online journalism; Mass media
Description: This book focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US. Motivations covered include the desire to connect with others online, the need to express opinions or blow off steam, or to share experiences, and a growing financial motivation in the blogosphere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The journal blog: a traditional form mediated by the Internet; title: The journalism motivation; title: Beneficial blogging; title: Do privacy concerns impact on blogging motivations?; title: The money motive; title: Blogs as tools; title: Doing it for different reasons I: women's motivations for blogging; title: Doing it for different reasons II: Americans and Brits.