Blogging and the public sphere博客与公共领域

BloggingandthepublicsphereLifeOnlineBruceFerwerdaTommyvanderVorst31maart2021InthispresentationWhoarethosebloggers?Lenhart&Fox(2006):Aportraitoftheinternet’snewstorytellersWhatdobloggersdo?McKenna&Pole(2007):Whatdobloggersdo:anaveragedayonanaveragepoliticalblogThepowerofweblogsDrezner&Farell(2007):Blogs,politicsandpowerInteractionsamongbloggers:theblogosphereHargittai,Gallo&Kane(2007):Cross-ideologicaldiscussionsamongconservativeandliberalbloggers/InnovationSciencesPAGE14/5/2024Weblogs/InnovationSciencesPAGE24/5/2024Whoarethosebloggers?Let’sthrowinsomestatistics.../InnovationSciencesPAGE34/5/2024Whoarethosebloggers?BloggingisbringingnewvoicestotheonlineworldLenhart&FoxconductedasurveyintheUS:54%ofbloggershaveneverpublishedanywhereelse8%ofinternetusersmaintainsablog39%readblogsVarioustopics&motivesforbloggingHighpercentageofbloggersstop

afterawhile/InnovationSciencesPAGE44/5/2024Whoarethosebloggers?Thebloggingpopulation:Isyoung(54%is<30)ConsistsofasmanywomenasmenMostlyinurban/suburbanareas(13%inruralareas)Lesslikelytobewhitethanaverageinternetuser/InnovationSciencesPAGE54/5/2024Whoarethosebloggers?Blogscanbepersonalorbea‘publicendeavour’:55%ofbloggersuseapseudonymFor84%,bloggingisahobbyor“somethingIdo,butnotsomethingaspendalotoftimeon〞59%spendjustoneortwohoursperweekmaintainingtheirblog52%blogmostlyforthemselves,notforanaudience;32%blogmostlyfortheiraudience(Whyblog‘justforyourself’?)/InnovationSciencesPAGE64/5/2024Whoarethosebloggers?Bloggingvs.Journalism:34%considertheirblogaformofjournalism57%includelinkstooriginalsources‘often’/InnovationSciencesPAGE74/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?McKenna&Pole(2007):exploratoryempiricalstudyHowdopoliticalbloggersusetheirblogsCategorizationofbloggingactivities:InformeractivitiesWatchdogactivities(“keepinganeyeonmainstreammedia〞)PoliticalactivitiesPhilantropicactivities/InnovationSciencesPAGE84/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?Findingsaverageblogger≠averagecitizen

(DemographicsdifferfromLenhart&Fox:morewhites,moremales)Informeractivities/InnovationSciencesPAGE94/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?FindingsWatchdogactivities80%ofbloggersnotifytheirreadersaboutbiasoromissionsinthemediaClosesecondtoinformingactivitiesBloggersdonottrustmainstreammediaButalsorelyonit!Bloggingas‘first-ratejournalism’incountrieswithoutfreepressorinthecaseofevents(i.e.HurricaneKatrina)/InnovationSciencesPAGE104/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?FindingsPoliticalactivities:2/3ofbloggerswanttoengagepeopleTheywantyou:/InnovationSciencesPAGE114/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?FindingsPoliticalactivities:2/3ofbloggerswanttoengagepeopleTheywantyou:/InnovationSciencesPAGE124/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?FindingsPoliticalactivities:2/3ofbloggerswanttoengagepeopleTheywantyou:/InnovationSciencesPAGE134/5/2024Whatdobloggersdo?FindingsPhilantropicactivitiesAskingreaderstodonate(44%)(interestingly,thisislowerthanthe66%donatorsintheUS)Rarelypursuedactivity(i.e.notthe‘corebusiness’)/InnovationSciencesPAGE144/5/2024ThepowerofweblogsDrezner&Farell(2007)Introduction:Blogs,politicsandpower:aspecialissueofPublicChoiceAreblogsindeedimportanttopolitics?Dotheyhaveabeneficialorharmfuleffect?/nameofdepartmentPAGE154/5/2024ThepowerofweblogsDoblogsaffectpolitics?BlogscanbeimportantMoreimportantasreactorstothemediathanindependentagendasettersWhendoesblogshavepoliticalpower?Leasttrustedsourceofnews(BBC/Reuters/MediaCenter2006)/nameofdepartmentPAGE164/5/2024ThepowerofweblogsAreblogsgoodforpolitics?OngoingdiscussionCyberapartheid“...increasingpeople’sabilitytohearechoesoftheirownvoicesandtowallthemselvesofffromothers.〞(Sunstein2001,p.49)Linking&comments/nameofdepartmentPAGE174/5/2024InteractionsamongbloggersHargittai,Gallo&Kane(2007)Cross-ideologicaldiscussionsamongconservativeandliberalbloggersDopeopleabandonthereadingofdissentingpoliticalopinionsinfavorofmaterialthatiscloselyalignedwiththeirownideologicalposition?/nameofdepartmentPAGE184/5/2024InteractionsamongbloggersH1BlogsaremorelikelytolinktoblogsthatmatchtheirideologicalpersuasionH2Theamountofcross-ideologicallinkingamongblogswilledeclineovertimeHargittai,Gallo&Kane(2007)/nameofdepartmentPAGE194/5/2024InteractionsamongbloggersCross-ideologicallinkagesinthepoliticalblogosphereBlogrollconnections27%presentedinthewholenetwork91%resembleideologicalpositions9%differentviewpoints/nameofdepartmentPAGE204/5/2024InteractionsamongbloggersCross-ideologicallinkagesinthepoliticalblogosphereLinksinpostsMorelikelytolinktoideologicalblogs12%conservativeliberal16%liberalconservative/nameofdepartmentPAGE214/5/2024Interactionsam