International blogging
Subtitle: identity, politics and networked publics
By: edited by Adrienne Russell, Nabil Echchaibi.
Contributors: Russell, Adrienne.; Echchaibi, Nabil.
Series: Digital formations -- v. 50
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781433102332; 9781433102349
Subjects: Blogs -- Political aspects; Blogs -- Social aspects; Blogs -- Case studies; Internet -- Political aspects; Internet -- Social aspects; Political participation
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Through case studies of blogs written in English, Chinese, Arabic, French, Russian, and Hebrew, this book explores the way blogging is being conceptualized in different cultural contexts. The authors move beyond the most highly trafficked sites to shed light on larger developments taking place online, calling into question assumptions that form the foundation of much of what we read on blogging and, by extension, on global amateur or do-it-yourself media. This book suggests a more nuanced approach to understanding how blogospheres serve communication needs, how they exist in relation to one another, where they exist apart as well as where they overlap, and how they interact with other forms of communication in the larger media landscape."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.