- China’s Year of the Microblog: Tracking an Online Revolution in 140 Characters or Less
When Twitter was launched in July of 2006, it was not immediately evident that we were catching our first glimpse of a microblogging revolution that was about to take hold of the online global community. It took Twitter 3 years, 2 months, and 1 day to reach its billionth tweet. The microblogging giant now churns […]
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- A Growing Far-Right Blogosphere in France
The French far-right has discovered the blogosphere as a platform to discuss and spread its ideology: right-wing blogs make up an increasingly large part of the French political blogosphere. That’s the key lesson from a map published by Le Monde, one of the country’s major newspapers. Le Monde has published a map of the French […]
- Between knitting needles and iPhones: clusters in the American blogosphere
American bloggers write about love and knitting. And Google.
- Russia’s Blogosphere: Common Space for the Priest and the Nationalist
In the Russian blogosphere, both Orthodox priests and political nationalists find common space to express themselves. Bruce Etling and other Berkman directors report on what’s happening in Russia’s blogging community.
- Reading the Blogosphere from Left to Right
What explains the different blogging practices between liberal and conservative blogs? Is it a simple matter of political slant? How does the history of the blogosphere play into it all? Yochai Benkler and Aaron Shaw’s March 2010 Berkman Center study delves into 155 top political blogs to iron out the question from left to right.
- The Macro Attractions of Microblogging
Academics, journalists, not to mention bloggers have been consistently drawing attention to the microblogging phenomenon in recent years, even more so in light of the international political tumult earlier this year. Despite disagreements about its exact contributory factor in revolutions, many do agree that it’s a trend that’s here to stay. So how exactly did it become so popular?
- The State of the Blogosphere 2010
Most American bloggers live in California (and other stats from Technorati’s 2010 study)….
- A Quick Glance at the Egyptian Blogosphere
What does the Egyptian blogosphere look like? How much are Egyptian bloggers actually using their online resources? Who are these bloggers? And, most importantly, how exactly are they using the blogosphere to fuel the revolution?
- Blogger beats out WordPress, LiveJournal
58% of the 2000 bloggers we’re surveying use Blogger to host their blogs.
- Why Blogging Common?
Blogging Common’s goal is to survey bloggers around the world in multiple languages. By asking questions about a variety of topics, we hope to tap into the knowledge and experience of some of the world’s most active Internet users, to compare Internet practices around the world and to study the impact of different Internet environments on online behavior, including in countries where the free exchange of opinions can be a risky proposition. We also hope to have some fun.
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