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Law professor Ann Althouse said: "I have found that people on the Right are much more likely to link to me, write about me favorably when they agree with something, and just ignore what I am saying when they don't agree. It's the other way around on the Left. ...My experience in life generally is that people on the Left think you are evil if you don't agree with them, that you're actually a bad person..." | Law professor Ann Althouse said: "I have found that people on the Right are much more likely to link to me, write about me favorably when they agree with something, and just ignore what I am saying when they don't agree. It's the other way around on the Left. ...My experience in life generally is that people on the Left think you are evil if you don't agree with them, that you're actually a bad person..." | ||
<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/03/blogging_while_female_part_2_5_1.php Blogging While Female Part 2: Five Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues And The Blogosphere], John Hawkins, [[Right Wing News]], March 18, 2008</ref> | <ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/03/blogging_while_female_part_2_5_1.php Blogging While Female Part 2: Five Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues And The Blogosphere], John Hawkins, [[Right Wing News]], March 18, 2008</ref> | ||
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| + | Blogademia refers to the use of weblogs by academics, as coined by Michelle Malkin <ref>[http://internetisseriousbusiness.com Malkin on Blogademia]</ref>. This can take two forms: as personal blogs solely concerned with self and also including discussions of their work; or as when used as a place to foster ideas and enable communication between academics in a field. | ||
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Revision as of 02:11, June 14, 2008
Blog is short for a web log. Originally they were for people to write about their daily lives, although they have become a common way for entrepreneurs to make money online through services such as Google AdSense.
Additionally, blogs have become a source of "new journalism" - many prominent newspapers, even the New York Times, have created blogs, especially to cover continually evolving issues like political campaigns.[1]
Politics and the Blogosphere
Law professor Ann Althouse said: "I have found that people on the Right are much more likely to link to me, write about me favorably when they agree with something, and just ignore what I am saying when they don't agree. It's the other way around on the Left. ...My experience in life generally is that people on the Left think you are evil if you don't agree with them, that you're actually a bad person..." [2]
Blogademia
Blogademia refers to the use of weblogs by academics, as coined by Michelle Malkin [3]. This can take two forms: as personal blogs solely concerned with self and also including discussions of their work; or as when used as a place to foster ideas and enable communication between academics in a field.