Blogs
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A blog (a portmanteau of the term “web log“)[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112,000,000 blogs.[2]
References
- ^ Weblogs: A History And Perspective, Rebecca Blood, September 7, 2000.\r\n
- ^ “Welcome to Technorati”. unknown.\r\n
Further reading
- Alavi, Nasrin. We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs, Soft Skull Press, New York, 2005. ISBN 1-933368-05-5.
- Bruns, Axel, and Joanne Jacobs, eds. Uses of Blogs, Peter Lang, New York, 2006. ISBN 0-8204-8124-6.
- Blood, Rebecca. “Weblogs: A History and Perspective”. “Rebecca”s Pocket”.\r\n
- Kline, David; Burstein, Dan. Blog!: How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture, Squibnocket Partners, L.L.C., 2005. ISBN 1-59315-141-1.
- Michael Gorman. “Revenge of the Blog People!”. Library Journal.
- Ringmar, Erik. A Blogger”s Manifesto: Free Speech and Censorship in the Age of the Internet (London: Anthem Press, 2007).
- Rosenberg, Scott, Say Everything: how blogging Began, what it”s becoming, and why it matters, New York : Crown Publishers, 2009. ISBN 978-0-307-45136-1
Links
- Blogging, personal participation in public knowledge-building on the web (PDF file) by Mark Brady, Chimera Working Paper 2005-02 Colchester: University of Essex
- Blog software comparison Web site created by the people of CosmoCode.
- Computer Law and Security Report Volume 22 Issue 2, Pages 127-136 blogs, Lies and the Doocing by Sylvia Kierkegaard (2006)
- Legal Guide for bloggers by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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