Looking at the Pieces to Understand the Whole: An Analysis of Blog Posts, Comments, and Trackbacks Export

@article{2765, abstract = {This study uses quantitative content analysis to investigate the attributes and trends of blog posts, comments, and trackbacks. As such, this study examines the entirety of the blog by investigating the flow of conversation on blogs. A uses and gratification framework reveals different motivations for different roles within the blog: bloggers by self-expression, blog readers leaving comments by social interaction, and those creating trackbacks by the desire to share information. Results indicate that a community of readers form within blogs. Gender differences indicate that male and female blog readers approach this interaction differently.}, author = {Trammell, Kaye D.}, citeulike-article-id = {2966294}, keywords = {celebrity, comments, file-import-08-07-05, goffman, internet, power, symbolic-interactionism, uses-and-gratifications-theory, weblog, weblogs}, location = {New York}, pdf = {internal-pdf://trammell looking at the pieces-0408390913/trammell looking at the pieces.pdf}, posted-at = {2008-07-05 15:28:14}, priority = {0}, series = {ICA}, title = {Looking at the Pieces to Understand the Whole: An Analysis of Blog Posts, Comments, and Trackbacks}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - 2765 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2966294 N2 - This study uses quantitative content analysis to investigate the attributes and trends of blog posts, comments, and trackbacks. As such, this study examines the entirety of the blog by investigating the flow of conversation on blogs. A uses and gratification framework reveals different motivations for different roles within the blog: bloggers by self-expression, blog readers leaving comments by social interaction, and those creating trackbacks by the desire to share information. Results indicate that a community of readers form within blogs. Gender differences indicate that male and female blog readers approach this interaction differently. CY - New York SE - ICA TI - Looking at the Pieces to Understand the Whole: An Analysis of Blog Posts, Comments, and Trackbacks KW - celebrity KW - comments KW - file-import-08-07-05 KW - goffman KW - internet KW - power KW - symbolic-interactionism KW - uses-and-gratifications-theory KW - weblog KW - weblogs AU - Trammell, Kaye PY - 2005/// ER -