Blogging in the Global Society - Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects (Hardcover)

During the past decade, blogging has not only grown, but it has also become a truly international phenomenon: about two thirds of all blogs are written in a language other than English. Blogging in the Global Society: Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects provides a comprehensive view of blogging as a global practice. Bloggers have created a new virtual world a blogosphere populated with opinion leaders and information purveyors, political pundits and activists, human and animal rights defenders and abusers, corruption fighters and truth seekers, as well as professionals, marketers, advertisers, journalists, celebrities, artists, academics, and bored consumers of all sorts. This book provides a cross-disciplinary analysis of the social, cultural, and political factors affecting blogging practices, tracing the diffusion of blogging as a global communication innovation, uncovering particularities and patterns of adoption in different cultures and geographical regions, and shedding light on trends in the global blogosphere.

General

Imprint:	IGI Global
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Editors:	Tatyana Dumova • Richard Fiordo
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-1-60960-744-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-60960-744-9
Barcode:	9781609607449

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