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Introduction: Examining the blog-media relationship / Mark Tremayne -- Part one: Blogging: research on blogging using content analysis -- Longitudinal content analysis of blogs: 2003-2004 / Susan C. Herring ... [et al.] -- Audiences as media producers: content analysis of 260 blogs / Zizi Papacharissi -- Pundits in muckrakers' clothing: political blogs and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election / D. Travers Scott -- Analyzing political conversation on the Howard Dean candidate blog / Sharon Meraz -- Blogging for better health: putting the "public" back in public health / S. Shyam Sundar ... [et al.] -- Part two: Citizenship: examining blog use, antecedents and consequences -- Reading political blogs during the 2004 election campaign: correlates and political consequences / William P. Eveland, Jr., Ivan Dylko -- Blog use motivations: an exploratory study / Barbara K. Kaye -- Credibility of political messages on the Internet: a comparison of blog sources / Lynda Lee Kaid, Monica Postelnicu -- Blog readers: predictors of reliance on war blogs / Thomas Johnson, Barbara K. Kaye -- Part three: The future of media: examining the impact of blogging on journalism -- Press protection in the blogosphere: applying a functional definition of "press" to news web logs / Laura Hendrickson -- Blogs without borders: international legal jurisdiction issues facing bloggers / Brian Carroll, Bob Frank -- Emergent communication networks as civic journalism / Lou Rutigliano -- Citizen journalism: a case study / Clyde Bentley ... [et al.] -- Harnessing the active audience: synthesizing blog research and lessons for the future of media / Mark Tremayne. |
