Index

A

academic blogs, 1, 20, 54, 55, 91, 94–7
advertising on blogs, 24, 73, 75, 77–8, 113, 133
American, bloggers, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 48, 62, 65, 69, 71, 74, 77, 79, 103, 110, 111, 115–28
female bloggers, 23, 24, 48, 65, 74, 115–28
male bloggers, 12, 24, 68, 69, 77, 79, 110, 112, 115–28, 121–4, 134
anonymity, 2, 49, 61
Anonymous Lawyer, 96
Atypical Female, 50, 51, 54

B

Barger, Jorn, 3
BBC, 34
Beetham, Margaret, 108
blogger (web service), 3, 8, 11
bloggers, demography of, 115–16
interaction with real life, 5, 50–65, 70, 71, 104, 106
mommy, 77, 102–4, 132–4
personality traits of, 51–3
professional, 16, 73–4
religious ministers, 69, 110, 122–3
blogging, as a form of IT, 116–20
as creative writing, 23, 24, 38, 42–4, 87, 105, 108–9, 116–20, 133
as diary writing, 8, 15–26, 27, 46, 55, 62–3, 72, 101, 106–7, 113, 119–20, 129–30
as journalism, 23–4, 27–41, 43–4, 74, 132–3
as the fifth estate, 33, 36–9
as therapy, 23, 47, 49, 51, 131
for family, 50, 56, 60, 101, 105, 113, 131
for friends, 22, 50, 52, 56–60, 68, 106, 126, 131–2
for money, 16, 73–88, 113, 133
from a sense of responsibility, 60
out of guilt, 50
perceptions of, 116–20
psychological benefits of, 45–51
to make new friends, 58–60
relative anonymity of, 67
satisfactions from, 37, 105, 120–8
software, 3–4, 11
usefulness of, 42, 89, 108–9, 135
blogs, as tools for librarians, 97–9
for teaching and learning, 89–94
business, 25, 42, 73–6, 78, 84–5, 108–9
definition of, 3
feedback on, 5, 22, 25–6, 31–2, 45, 48, 55, 63, 90, 107–8
filter, 3–4
heated exchanges in, 31–2
journal, 4–8, 15–26, 46, 48, 53–4, 61, 89–90, 99, 101, 104, 106–8, 110, 113
journalists’, 34–6
journalists’ use of, 27, 33
legal, 69, 96–7
mainstream media, 34–6
multiple, 65, 72
politicians’, 39–41, 67
prostitutes’, 66, 75, 80
sex, 65, 66, 72, 75, 85–6, 103–4, 122, 131, 134
venting on, 2, 21, 30–2, 43, 52–5, 91–2, 105, 132
BlogHer, 77, 104, 110
blogosphere, 3–13
blogrings, 74, 106, 127–8
blogrolls, 23, 105, 109–12, 122, 124–8
Blooker Prize, 81–8, 96
blooks, 73, 80–8, 103, 133
Bridget Jones’ Diary, 81
British, bloggers, 24, 28, 29, 39, 41, 86, 104, 115–28
blogosphere, 6–7, 9–13
By a Woman, 62

C

Chez Miscarriage, 53
citizen journalism, 27, 28, 32–4, 38, 79, 105, 132–3

D

diary-writing, 8, 16–19, 21, 23, 25–6, 55, 106, 129, 134
studies of: McNeill, 17, 19, 25
O’Sullivan, 17, 18, 21
Serfaty, 17, 19, 25
Diary of a London Call Girl, Belle de Jour (Brooke Magnanti), 66, 80, 86, 104, 133
Diary of a Malcontent, 49, 60
diaryland, 8, 17
Dooce, Heather B. Armstrong, 66, 78, 103, 132

E

Eaton, Birgitte, 3

F

Finslippy, Alice Bradley, 78, 104

G

Garrett, Jesse James, 3
Gender Genie, 111–12
Gia’s blog, 17
Gillmor, Dan, 28, 33
Girl with a One Track Mind, Abby Lee (Zoe Margolis), 66, 85–6
Godin, Seth, 85, 87

H

Habermas, Jürgen, 16, 94
Harvard Weblogs Project, 90

J

Jalland, Pat, 18
Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, 82

K

Kalkail’s Journal, 65

L

Lander, Byron, 29, 31
Letters to the editor, 2, 16, 28–32, 34, 108
average letter-writer, 29
motivations, 29–30
LiveJournal, 8, 11, 17, 21–2, 51, 62, 65, 72
Lulu.com, 81–4

M

Maewyn’s Musings, 21, 48
Malda, Rob, 3
Mary K Librarian, 98
methodology, 6, 9–13
Mom’s Cancer, Brian Fies, 82
My Boyfriend is a Twat, Zoe McCarthy, 64
My Secret: A PostSecret Book, Frank Warren, 84
My War: Killing Time in Iraq, Colby Buzzell, 82, 87, 88

N

NightJack, Richard Horton, 66–7

O

online diaries, 12, 16, 17, 19–20, 25, 55, 72, 129
studies of: Karlsson, 12, 20
Kawaura et al, 55
Online Diary History Project, 19

P

parenting websites, 101–2
personal home pages, 8, 19–20, 63
Studies of: Chandler, 19, 63
Miller and Mather, 19
Papacharissi, 8, 20, 99
Walker, 20
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 13, 15, 46
privacy concerns, 17, 51, 61–72, 113
relating to employers, 65–9
relating to friends and family, 62–5
women bloggers’, 69–71, 113

Q

Queen of the Sky, Ellen Simonetti, 66

R

Random Acts of Reality, Tom Reynolds, 86, 87
Rememberthewindow.com, 79
Rites of Passage, 49

S

Scooby Snax, 22, 46
Shirky, Clay, 34, 43
Showalter, Elaine, 18
Spender, Dale, 18
Studies of blogging
Adamic and Glance, 33
Ali-Hasan and Adamic, 58
Attwood, 103
Baker and Moore, 12, 52, 53, 58
bar-Ilan, 97
Blood, 3
boyd, 8, 10, 17, 27
Brady, 12
Chun-Yao et al, 89, 99
de Alemeida Soares, 92
Dickey, 91
van Doorn et al, 12, 16, 19, 25, 105
Drezner and Farrell, 33, 36
Duffy and Bruns, 90, 93
Efimova, 12, 120
Erwins, 94, 95
Forbes, 76
Garfunkel, 103
Gregg, 54, 55, 95, 96
Guadagno et al, 51, 52, 58, 67, 116
Gumbrecht, 12, 50
Gurak and Antonijevic, 43
Henning, 4, 9, 101, 112
Hermida, 34
Herring et al, 4, 5, 6, 16, 29, 71, 89, 101, 103, 122, 123
Herring and Paolillo, 101, 111
Hill, 75
Hookway, 95
Huffaker, 4, 90
Huffaker and Calvert, 10, 12, 104
Jackson, 39, 40
Kahn and Kellner, 34
Kaye, 8
Kerawalla et al, 91–2
Kerr, 96
Krause, 93
Krishnamurthy, 6
Kumar et al, 10
Lopez, 19, 23, 77, 102–4
Lowrey and Anderson, 35
Matheson, 34
Menchen-Trevino, 12, 20, 116
Miura and Yamashita, 13, 45, 46, 55, 99
Mortensen and Walker, 4, 6, 16, 20, 94, 95
Murthy, 94
Nardi et al, 5, 7, 8, 20, 56, 61, 70
Newson et al, 76, 79, 96
Ojala, 98
Oravec, 91, 93
Papacharissi, 8
Pedersen, 128
Pedersen and Chivers, 30
Pedersen and Macafee, 19, 103, 109, 112
Pedley, 97–9
Pollard, 103
Ratliff, 8, 103
Reed, 16, 20, 22, 54, 55, 58, 63
Riley, 126
Schiano et al, 5, 7, 12, 29, 54, 116
Schultz and Sheffer, 36, 135
Sifry, 4, 102, 115
Singer, 34
Singh et al, 76
Stefanone and Jang, 106
Thelwall et al, 32–3
Trammell et al, 12, 22, 38, 43, 56
Viégas, 62, 71
Walker, 25, 95, 96
Wall, 34
Williams and Jacobs, 90, 93, 98
Wood, 65
Xifra and Huertas, 75
Surviving Paradise, Michael C. Perkins, 84

T

Talking Points Memo, 79
technorati, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 85, 86, 103, 115, 122
State of the Blogosphere 2009, 15, 20, 29, 62, 65, 73, 116, 135
The Daily Kos, 85
The Doorbells of Florence, Andrew Losowsky, 82, 83
The English Courtesan, 66, 75
The Friday Project, 64, 86, 88
The Leery Polyp, 15
The Plant, Stephen King, 81
twitter, 33, 135

V

Vegan Lunch Box, Jennifer McKann, 85

W

wayback machine, 10, 68
Weblogs Inc., 78–9
Wife in the North, Judith O’Reilly, 80, 86
Winer, Dave, 3
Women, and blogging, 2, 5, 6, 51, 101–14
and correspondence to newspapers, 2
and diaries, 18, 25–6, 106–7
and writing, 18–19
motivations for blogging, 105–9
use of the Internet, 101–2
Writing as therapy, 46–8
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