Blogs in academia | Mortensen and Walker

Whilst I agree that most people think that what is written on the Internet lacks credibility, it is not a view shared by a growing number of academics. Rather they see a substantial and growing body of work that is highly credible, highly reliable, and a valuable contribution to knowledge. Mortensen, T. and J. Walker. [...]

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Weblogs and the dilemna of academia | Mortenson

I may have posted this link before but this scholarly review of blogs, quoting Habermas and Bourdeiu is excellent reading and relates directly to my research. In fact I might do a review of it at some point soon

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How business use blogs to create fear

There are many reported instances of employees being fired for blogging. All too often these cases become very public. Partly as a result of the public nature of a private blog, and partly as a result of the surveillance methods used by corporations, employees are understandably fearful of being too public about their discussions about [...]

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Columbine shooters and teacher in trouble

FREE SPEECH AT CORE OF TEACHER’S ARREST ; HIS ONLINE BLOG COMMENT RILES SOME READERS, BUT HIS RIGHT TO EXPRESS IT IS DEFENDED BY OTHERS. Case of a school teacher who caused a few problems for himself praising the Columbine shooters.

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Why blogging is different to print publication

Much of the tension created between employers and private bloggers stems from what is said about the company on the blog. This tension is not new though. People could, and still do, publish their thoughts about their employer and their work mates via a letter to the editor or an interview on the radio or [...]

Blogs helping business paticipate in conversation

Neat looking article found at Sage. Could be worth a look at some later date.

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Web trends

Couple of useful sites for measuring how your blog is performing. Market Leap Alexa My blog hasn’t even made it onto the radar screen yet. Ah well, best I keep it quite.

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