ABSTRACT
Advertised by https://Blogger.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Blogger.com as “push-button publishing for the people,” blogs provide the opportunity for amateur journalism and personalized publishing. Some of the most frequently cited blogs are hosted by journalists, like Andrew Sullivan (https://andrewsullivan.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">andrewsullivan.com) and Mickey Kaus (https://kausfiles.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">kausfiles.com). A weblog or blog is a webpage that consists of regular or daily posts, arranged in reverse chronological order and archived (e.g., Herring, Kouper, Scheidt & Wright, 2004). Blogs present a significant topic of study because they provide the opportunity to study media audiences as content producers instead of content consumers (Dominick, 1999; Papacharissi, 2002a, 2002b).
