Political blogs – eclectic librarian

If you are a librarian, why do you blog? For whom do you blog? One researcher is on a quest to find out.

From the WEB4LIB listserv:

An Invitation,

I am a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. I have recently started a project that seeks to determine what ethic (if any) is at work in the blogosphere. Also, I am trying to uncover any “duties” bloggers think they may or may not have and to whom.

Please consider visiting http://blogethics2004.blogspot.com and sharing your opinion by commenting on some questions I have posted there.

I will be posting a completed research paper on the site in January for your open comment. I may use quotes from the site in that paper.

Many thanks,
Martin

Martin Kuhn
Roy H. Park Fellow, Ph.D. Student
Journalism & Mass Communication
University of North Carolina
CB#3365

Back in February, I wrote, “Perhaps the very nature of blogging is reactive, and those that have made it proactive have moved from blogging to…. what would something proactive be called? Journalism? Something else?” It seems that for some, it may very well be journalism, or at least an amateur version of it. This week, the Boston Globe published an article that focuses on bloggers who have applied for press credentials for the Democratic National Convention. The DNC has said they will give some of the 15,000 press credentials to bloggers who apply. No word yet on whether or not the Republican National Convention will do the same. The deadline to apply for press credentials is May 28, 2004.

Ben, I think you should go for it!