The Rise of the Blogosphere.pdf

T HE R ISE OF THE

B LOGOSPHERE

T HE R ISE OF THE

B LOGOSPHERE

Aaron Barlow

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barlow, Aaron, 1951-

The rise of the blogosphere / Aaron Barlow.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-275-98996-5 (alk. paper)

1. Online journalism. 2. Blogs. 3. Cyberspace. 4. Journalism--United States.

I. Title.

PN478.4.O62B37 2007

070.4—dc22

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007000052

ISBN-10: 0–275–98996–8

ISBN-13: 978–0–275–98996–5

First published in 2007

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.praeger.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).

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2007000052

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