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"The term ""blog"" wasn't coined until 1999 and yet by 2004, it had become Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Globally, the number of blogs is doubling every six months, with more than 50 million blogs online today. Here to offer a unique overview of the emerging phenomenon that even armchair observers will find curiosity-satisfying is Dispatchesfrom Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger. Filled with practical, easy-to-implement advice for making blogging more enjoyable, useful, and profitable, this book covers everything from blogging and how it fits into the history of journalism to practical tips for planning and managing a blog, attracting and retaining an active readership. Written by noted technology journalist and interactive media veteranSuzanne Stefanac, the book features a fresh and succinct approach; quotes and commentary from noted and celebrity bloggers (author/futurist Bruce Sterling, NPR commentator Farai Chideya, Craig Newmark of craigslist.com, and Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing editor and science fiction author, among others); an accompanying blog site (dispatchesfromblogistan.com); and more. Stefanac explores issues of trust, influence, privacy, discovery, and the power of collaborative discourse, making this is a blog book like no other!"

Full Product Details

Author:   Suzanne Stefanac
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   New Riders Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9780321395559

ISBN 10:   0321395557
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

DISPATCHES FROM BLOGISTAN a travel guide for the modern blogger by Suzanne Stefanac I.      learning from the past          chapter 1. the urge to blog not new          chapter 2. the printing press as cultural catalyst          chapter 3. journalism evolves toward public discourse II.      mapping the territory          chapter 4. blogs as newsrooms          chapter 5. blogs as linkfests          chapter 6. blogs as diaries          chapter 7. blogs as watchdogs          chapter 8. blogs as marketplaces  III.      optimizing for success          chapter 9. packing your toolkit          chapter 10. anatomy of a blog page          chapter 11. promoting your blog          chapter 12. writing that engages IV.      making a difference          chapter 13. copyright & the new commons          chapter 14. free expression & censorship          chapter 15. open source roots showing V.      blogging the future          chapter 16. bloggers consult their oracles VI.      appendices          blog glossary          interviewee bios

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Suzanne Stefanac has written about technology and its social and business implications for more than fifteen years. Her work has been published inWired, Macworld, Salon, PC World, Publish, New Media, San Francisco Chronicle, California Lawyer, and Rolling Stone, among others. She was the founding editor of Macworld Online; executive producer forThe Site, an hour-long nightly MSNBC show about technology and it's implications; and co-founder/senior vice president for creative and production for RespondTV, an interactive television infrastructure company. More recently, she has provided strategic consulting and web development for General Wesley Clark's PAC; Quincy Jones' We Are the Future project; and Macarthur Fellow and American Book awardee Guillermo Gómez-Peña. She is currently Director of the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.

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