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Blogging : how our private thoughts went public / Kristin Roeschenthaler Wolfe.

By: Series: Studies in new mediaPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014Description: vii, 97 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780739198049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2314 23
Contents:
Historical journey from diaries and journals to personal blogs -- Hannah Arendt's understanding of public, private, and social -- Interpersonal communication and the role of communication technology -- Personal blogs : history, usage, future : are we just looking for our 15 minutes of fame -- Personal blogs that do more -- Using Arendt to navigate the future of communication technology.
Summary: Public versus private is an ongoing concern in communication. This book examines this phenomenon through self-representational writing and the philosophical lens of Hannah Arendt's public versus private theory, the Boundary Management theory, and the Parasocial Framework theory to examine the first social networking platform: personal blogs.
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BOOKs NLS General Stacks 302.2314 WOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Dr. Siddharth Narrain 40460

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.

Historical journey from diaries and journals to personal blogs -- Hannah Arendt's understanding of public, private, and social -- Interpersonal communication and the role of communication technology -- Personal blogs : history, usage, future : are we just looking for our 15 minutes of fame -- Personal blogs that do more -- Using Arendt to navigate the future of communication technology.

Public versus private is an ongoing concern in communication. This book examines this phenomenon through self-representational writing and the philosophical lens of Hannah Arendt's public versus private theory, the Boundary Management theory, and the Parasocial Framework theory to examine the first social networking platform: personal blogs.