Sarah, Daniel Drezner, a political scientist/blogger at the University of Chicago, has recently been doing a lot on blogging, and just published a piece in Foreign Policy, I think. http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/blogpaperfinal.pdf http://danieldrezner.com/policy/webofinfluence.htm Randolph Kluver Executive Director Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637718 phone (65) 6790-5770 URL: www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ mapping from an online identity to a legal identity--these seem like Bad Ideas. But is there a strong case for protecting an open system from passive surveillance? A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for her, off-list or on.
Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what journals? Are there major theories that we should consider? What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them?
Thanks, Sarah -