Weblog Revolution

Sind Weblogs wirklich revolutionär? Wieviel haben Weblogs mit Journalismus zu tun? Und wie sieht das durchschnittliche Weblog überhaupt aus? Fragen, auf die der britische "Guardian" in einem Weblog Special Antworten geben will.

"Weblogs may not be as innovative as some claim but they do have real potential as a form of personal publishing, argues Rebecca Blood"

"A weblog is something fundamentally new. Something no one can quite put their finger on, not yet. And those who try to define the phenomenon in terms of current institutions are completely missing the point.

Consider the average weblog. Maintained by an unpaid enthusiast, this site will be updated perhaps a dozen times a day with links to interesting news stories and entries on other weblogs, accompanied by a few lines - or paragraphs - of commentary. A blogger interested in current events may include links to several accounts of one event, noting differences in tone or detail, another may post the occasional recipe or pictures from a recent trip. A blogger may have a thousand readers, but more likely a few hundred or a couple of dozen, some of whom will offer comments of their own, right on the site. The weblog is at once a scrapbook, news filter, chapbook, newsletter, and community."

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