reception

This page is under development.

In the interim two points of entry for considering user uptake of blogging and its reception by scholars and the media are -

• Boese' 1998 dissertation The ballad of the Internet nutball: Chaining rhetorical visions from the margins of the margins to the mainstream in the Xenaverse
• Christine Carl's 2003 dissertation (PDF) Bloggers and their blogs: A depiction of the users and usage of weblogs on the World Wide Web

Backlash

The 'blog backlash' is evident in Josh Levin's lament that

rappers' and bloggers' self-importance also has something to do with the supremely annoying righteousness that rides along with those who believe they're overturned the archaic forms of expression favored by The Man—that is, whitey and/or the mainstream media. Ninety percent of rap lyrics are self-congratulatory rhymes about how great the rapper is at rapping, the towering difficulties of succeeding in the rap game, or the lameness of wanksta rivals. Blogging is a circle jerk that never stops circling: links to posts by other bloggers, following links to newspaper stories about bloggers, following wonderment at the corruptions and complacency of old-fashioned, credentialed journalism.

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