Document Type
Conference Item
Publication Date
2-26-2010
Abstract
Internet-based and conventional research tools undeniably co-exist in a shared media space. Based on this premise, this paper discussed whether blogs can be viewed as a source for issues identification in a research study. The authors discuss blogging as indicator of social thought and practice, the increased credibility of bloggers’ discourse within cyber communities, and the reliability of blogs as an Internet research tool.
Keywords
blogs, Internet research, discourse analysis, online discourse
Event Title
Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences (CHHSS 2010)
Event Location
Singapore
Event Dates
26-28 February, 2010
Event Type
conference
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