Just a guy in pajamas? Framing the blogs in mainstream US newspaper coverage (1999—2005)

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dc.contributor.authorJulie Jones
dc.contributor.authorItai Himelboim
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:32:15Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:39Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:32:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-03-01
dc.description.abstractWhen new technologies are introduced to the public, their widespread adoption is dependent, in part, on news coverage (Rogers, 1995).Yet, as weblogs began to play major role in the public spheres of politics and journalism, journalists faced a paradox: how to cover a social phenomenon that was too large to ignore and posed a significant threat to their profession. This article examines how blogs were framed by US newspapers as the public became more aware of the blogging world. A content analysis of blog-related stories in major US newspapers from 1999 to 2005 was conducted. Findings suggest that newspaper coverage framed blogs as more beneficial to individuals and small cohorts than to larger social entities such as politics, business and journalism. Moreover, only in the realm of journalism were blogs framed as more of a threat than a benefit, and rarely were blogs considered an actual form of journalism.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationJones, J., & Himelboim, I. (2010). Just a guy in pajamas? Framing the blogs in mainstream US newspaper coverage (1999—2005). New Media & Society, 12(2), 271-288. doi: 10.1177/1461444809342524en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1461444809342524en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25375
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNew Media & Society
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectblogsen_US
dc.subjectframingen_US
dc.subjectmainstream mediaen_US
dc.titleJust a guy in pajamas? Framing the blogs in mainstream US newspaper coverage (1999—2005)en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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