News Stories and Blogs

I have a particular interest in doing research on blogs, and this paper looks very useful:

http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper327.html

I hope to get time at some stage to tackle some of the issues that Blaise Cronin and Oliver Kamm have said about blogs, and the other side of the coin (e.g. Norman Geras).

To give a flavour of Cronin's view, see:

http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=958
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=965

Here are some of the (somewhat) annoyed replies to these polemics:

http://www.arrington.us/?p=177
http://www.librarian.net/stax/1315/so-you-call-me-crassly-egotistical-and-then-get-huffy-when-i-call-you-a-fool/
http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/04/28/blaise-cronin-gormangate-wannabe/

enjoy.

UPDATE:

Found this on the same online journal:

http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper323.html