Blogging by the Rest of Us Export

@inproceedings{1941, abstract = {Weblogs (or blogs) are frequently updated webpages with posts typically in reverse-chronological order. Blogging is the latest form of online communication to gain widespread popularity and it is rapidly becoming mainstream. Media attention tends to focus on "heavy-hitting" blogs devoted to politics, punditry and technology, but it has recently become apparent that vast majority of blogs are written by ordinary people for much smaller audiences, and on largely personal themes. Surprisingly little is known about this "blogging by the rest of us", especially from the blogger's point of view. This paper presents the preliminary results of an ethnographic study of blogging as a form of personal expression and communication. We characterize a number of blogging practices, and then consider blogging as personal journaling. We find blogging to be a surprisingly versatile medium, with uses similar to an online diary, personal chronicle or newsletter, and much more. The next few years should provide a fascinating opportunity for research and design as blogging tools improve and blog usage evolves and flourishes.}, author = {Schiano, Diane and Nardi, Bonnie and Gumbrecht, Michelle and Swartz, Luke}, booktitle = {CHI 2004}, citeulike-article-id = {2966229}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://home.comcast.net/~diane.schiano/CHI04.Blog.pdf}, comment = {Blogging by the Rest of Us}, keywords = {ethnographic, file-import-08-07-05, genre, internet, interview, lifelogs, weblogs}, location = {Vienna, Austria}, pages = {6+}, pdf = {internal-pdf://schiano Blogging by the Rest of Us-1254396160/schiano Blogging by the Rest of Us.pdf}, posted-at = {2008-07-05 15:28:09}, priority = {0}, title = {Blogging by the Rest of Us}, url = {http://home.comcast.net/~diane.schiano/CHI04.Blog.pdf}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - 1941 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2966229 N2 - Weblogs (or blogs) are frequently updated webpages with posts typically in reverse-chronological order. Blogging is the latest form of online communication to gain widespread popularity and it is rapidly becoming mainstream. Media attention tends to focus on "heavy-hitting" blogs devoted to politics, punditry and technology, but it has recently become apparent that vast majority of blogs are written by ordinary people for much smaller audiences, and on largely personal themes. Surprisingly little is known about this "blogging by the rest of us", especially from the blogger's point of view. This paper presents the preliminary results of an ethnographic study of blogging as a form of personal expression and communication. We characterize a number of blogging practices, and then consider blogging as personal journaling. We find blogging to be a surprisingly versatile medium, with uses similar to an online diary, personal chronicle or newsletter, and much more. The next few years should provide a fascinating opportunity for research and design as blogging tools improve and blog usage evolves and flourishes. CY - Vienna, Austria TI - Blogging by the Rest of Us T2 - CHI 2004 SP - 6 KW - ethnographic KW - file-import-08-07-05 KW - genre KW - internet KW - interview KW - lifelogs KW - weblogs N1 - Blogging by the Rest of Us AU - Schiano, Diane AU - Nardi, Bonnie AU - Gumbrecht, Michelle AU - Swartz, Luke PY - 2004/// UR - http://home.comcast.net/~diane.schiano/CHI04.Blog.pdf ER -