- ISBN13: 9780745641348
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Product Description
Blogging has profoundly influenced not only the nature of the internet today, but also the nature of modern communication, despite being a genre invented less than a decade ago. This book-length study of a now everyday phenomenon provides a close look at blogging while placing it in a historical, theoretical and contemporary context.
Scholars, students and bloggers will find a lively survey of blogging that contextualises blogs in terms of critical th… More >>
Expected more. Not bad. But there is more to study about blogging. I should write it. In fact, I will.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is a refreshing, highly readable text on Bogging from its bare bones beginning through present. The first half of the book was humorous and informative. The second half was more scholarly and a little less fun (that’s why this rates 4 out of 5 stars).
I enjoyed this book so much and was so encouraged by it that I actually made the first tentative steps toward creating my own blog. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
Jill Walker Rettberg’s work is neither a simple how-to guide (of which there are many), nor is it a book on blogging which presumes readers are already blogosphere aficionados. Rather, she has managed to write an engaging and critical book which situates blogging within broader histories – such as the role of blogging in terms of literacy, the evolution of citizen journalism, blogs and/as social networks, and even ethical frameworks which examine advertising and authenticity in blogs. More to the point, for someone new to blogs as an idea, or in practice, Blogging offers a world of insight and experience distilled into a readable and engaging form.
Rating: 5 / 5
Jill Walker Rettberg’s book, Blogging, is a book that combines introductory knowledge about blogs, as well as it goes more in depth – connecting blogging to literacy, etc.
Writing a book on blogging is hard, as there is so much you could write about. Looking for a book that can function as a starting point, this is the book to get, even if you’re an academic looking for a simple explanation to all things blog. There are few books out there on the history and phenomenon of blogging, although there are many on how to make, maintain and use a blog to make money. This book is one of the first to take a look at the cultural phenomenon blogging really is.
Rating: 5 / 5
This excellent book covers all the basics, starting by putting blogging into the history of recorded communication, covering the high and low points of blogging’s short history – including many of its more controversial moments – and finishing with a discussion of privacy and our networked selves. It has a deceptively easy-to read and absorbing style, but an unbelievable amount of information is packed into its pages. This book is not for you if you want a dispassionate and academic account of blogging; but if you want a theoretical, historical and detailed narrative, always flavoured with personal insight, you will get a lot out of this book.
Rating: 4 / 5