Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs

I'll write more on this later (ok, yeah, so I'm in the collection, shameless self-promotion), but besides that it is a terrific collection I've just been reading most of the night. So color me very PROUD to be in this collection.

Chris

Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs

ed. Laura Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman, University of Minnesota

This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. The collection takes a multidisciplinary approach, and contributions represent perspectives from Rhetoric, Communication, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, among others.

Into the Blogosphere is a first in many ways. Along with its being the first scholarly collection focused on the blog as rhetorical artifact, the editors also offer an innovative approach to intellectual property and to publishing. There are a number of peer reviewed journals in digital format. However, with an edited collection, the desired outcome is usually a hard-copy book, so the standard process has been to turn to a publisher with a proposal, then typically wait several years before the book actually comes out.

Comments

[Alvaro]

Nice to find your blog, Chris!
I read your article and loved it. It was informative, entertaining and original.

[Penny Cholmondeley]

Thought you might be interested in a story about someone getting fired over their weblog. I came across your blog (and subsequently your article on cnn.com) thought you might see the hilarity in this situation.

Enjoy!
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/40806_08.html

[Chris]

Thanks Penny! I will check it out!

And thanks for your comment too Alvaro. I'd been reading around on your site, as I am very interested in a South American tradition of activist research and correspond with several other scholars down there. I hope to write more on the Into the Blogosphere site soon, when I get more composed at the end of the month (I've had a big computer crash and high colonic).

Chris