Newspaper Political Blogs Generate Little Interaction

Dailey, Larry; Demo, Lori; Spillman, Mary

doi:10.1177/073953290802900405

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“…Political bloggers ''tend to be well-educated, white middle-class'' males with an average age of ''43.3 years'' (Lawrence et al, 2009, p. 10;Dailey et al, 2008;Johnson et al, 2008;McKenna and Pole, 2008;Perlmutter, 2008). Another demographic issue concerns access to necessary infrastructure.…”

Section: Political Blogging and Deliberative Exchangesmentioning

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The role of blogging in public deliberation and democracy

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Rodan

2013

Discourse, Context & Media

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The role of blogging in public deliberation and democracy

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Rodan

2013

Discourse, Context & Media

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“…However, researchers found that online newspapers were not taking advantage of multimedia and interactivity (Dimitrova et al, 2003). An analysis of j-blogs on 42 US daily newspaper websites revealed that j-blogs failed to create much interaction between j-bloggers and readers (Daily, Demo, & Spillman, 2008). A content analysis of 100 US online newspapers showed that media organizations used the interactive features infrequently (Schultz, 1999).…”

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New scheme of communication: an exploratory study of interactivity and multimedia use in Chinese j-blogs and the implications

Gao

Martin-Kratzer

2011

Asian Journal of Communication

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This study examines the use of new technologies such as hyperlinks and multimedia features in Chinese journalists' blogs on newspaper websites, exploring the interactivity between readers and j-bloggers through readers' comments and j-bloggers' responses. The study shows that there is a positive correlation between the use of hyperlinks, videos and pictures with reader comments, indicating that the use of these features sparks a better dialogue with readers. The shift in the model of communication between journalists and readers through j-blogs in China changes the traditional concept of gatekeeping, providing broader implications for the flow of free information in China's controlled media environment.

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“…Dailey, Demo, and Spillman (2008) argued that blogging does not necessarily lead to any increased interaction between bloggers and readers at all. Wallsten (2005, p. 25) critically pointed out that political blogs often merely ''act like echo chambers for mainstream media messages.''…”

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Politicians’ Blogs: Strategic Self-Presentations and Identities

Nilsson

2012

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The empirical material of this article consists of a blog section that organizes the blogs of mainly local and regional politicians in the north of Sweden. The aim of the article is to examine the content and style of blogs written by politicians and, especially, how the blogs can be understood in terms of self-presentations and articulations of identities. A further aim is to discuss the political and democratic aspects of such articulations. The article argues that even though the investigated blogs are somewhat innovative, they have a traditional character in a political sense and reproduce a populist identity. This identity goes beyond the boundaries between different political parties and represents a hindrance in relation to the democratic renewal that is often ascribed to political blogging in general.

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Newspaper Political Blogs Generate Little Interaction

Abstract: This analysis of staff-produced blogs at 42 general circulation daily newspapers one week before the 2006 election showed that the blogs contained a small number of postings and failed to create much interaction between bloggers and readers.

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The role of blogging in public deliberation and democracy

The role of blogging in public deliberation and democracy

New scheme of communication: an exploratory study of interactivity and multimedia use in Chinese j-blogs and the implications

Politicians’ Blogs: Strategic Self-Presentations and Identities

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