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Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, Ed D School of Media and Communication, EDT
600AOriginally created by M. Ribble
College of Education, Kansas State UniversityOffice of Mediated Education
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a blog as a “website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.
Wikipedia goes on to talk about the range of blogs from “individual diaries to arms of political campaigns, media programs, and corporations”.
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
Term “weblog” coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger then shortened to “blog” by Peter Merholz in 1999.
Its precursors were AP Wire, Ham radio “glogs”, Usenet, e-mail lists and bulletin boards.
Source - Wikipedia.com, accessed: 8/26/2005
http://www.httoday.blogspot.com/
Political Influence - 2001-2002, fall of Trent Lott, rise of Howard Dean and Wesley Clark
2003, Iraq War - “Baghdad Blogger” 2004, “Rathergate” - bloggers exposed
documents as forgeries
Source: Wikipedia.com, Accessed 8/26/2005
http://www.weblogg-ed.com
27% of American Internet Users visited a blog in 2005, up 58% from 2004
Blog readers tend to be young, male, well-educated, internet veterans
12% of American internet users have posted comments on others blogs up from 4% in 2003.
See additional research in PDF in course resources.
Source: pewinternet.org, The State of Blogging Report (January 2005)
http://powerlineblog.com
http://wizbangblog.com
Instructors - posting content related information, networking or knowledge sharing, instructional tips, announcements, annotated links
Students - reflective journals, assignment submission, dialog for groups, share resources
Students/people can write just about anything - and sometimes do
Things written today may be held against you in the future
Where is the boundary between freedom of speech and my rights?