Blogging as a form of journalism

Abstract

An introduction to the phenomenon of Weblogsonline journals and diariesandthe people who keep them.Instantaneous and raw, unedited and uncensored, Weblogs are self-publishing atits best and its worstoccasionally brilliant but often pretentious,sometimes shocking but always fascinating. We've Got Blog is the first bookto explore this phenomenon, which has been quickly rising from obscureWebpages to national attention in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.Weblogs are free, searchable journals of opinions and links updated daily byan individual or a group and they have become some of the hottest Websites.We've Got Blog has pulled together some of the best writing explaining theirhistory, the mavericks who created them, and how they are changing the way weuse the Internet.

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