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Acknowledgements
About the author
Chapter 1: Introduction
What is a blog?
Early research on the blogosphere
Research on the British blogosphere
The aim of this book
Chapter 2: The journal blog: a traditional form mediated by the Internet
The diary genre
The online diary
Chapter 3: The journalism motivation
Letters to the editor
Making your voice heard: citizen journalism
Mainstream media response
Redressing the mainstream media
Blogging politicians
Blogging as creative writing
Chapter 4: Beneficial blogging
The blogging personality
Letting it all out
Positive feedback from readers
Keeping in touch with friends
Finding new friends
Chapter 5: Do privacy concerns impact on blogging motivations?
Secret from friends and family
Secret from employers
Chapter 6: The money motive
Advertising
Blooks
Chapter 7: Blogs as tools
Blogs as tools for teaching and learning
Academic blogs
Information gathering
Chapter 8: Doing it for different reasons I: women’s motivations for blogging
Male dominance
Women’s motivations for blogging
Blogroll differences
Chapter 9: Doing it for different reasons II: Americans and Brits
Demographic differences
Perceptions of blogging
Satisfactions from blogging
Blogroll differences
Note
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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