Ph.D Scholars Workshop @ Sociology Dept., D-School
On 25th August, 2008 the Ph.D Scholars Workshop in the Sociology Department of D-School, Delhi University. I presented a paper titled, "Blogosphere: The New Social Space".
The Workshop was indeed very encouraging and interactive and had fellow scholars from the department and our brilliant faculty members who, as usual, enlightened me even further.
My paper was focussed on how blogosphere is emerging as a new social space where virtual communities are forming up. These communities have interesting possibilities such as the power-political game that takes place and the notion of the public and the private realm.
For your understanding let me summarize some of my research findings for your, in brief:
1. The blogosphere is a political space and everyone participating in it have some agenda -- direct and indirect.
2. The community formed on the blogosphere is always surrounded around a cause. There are communities that form around day-to-day personal experinces but these communities are loosely fragmented.
3. The blogosphere as a public sphere is very powerful in the way it leaves footprints for all future times. As a result there is very few distortion of meaning and experinces, even if it were to be desired.
Share your experiences and opinion with me at newmedia.soc@gmail.com
The Workshop was indeed very encouraging and interactive and had fellow scholars from the department and our brilliant faculty members who, as usual, enlightened me even further.
My paper was focussed on how blogosphere is emerging as a new social space where virtual communities are forming up. These communities have interesting possibilities such as the power-political game that takes place and the notion of the public and the private realm.
For your understanding let me summarize some of my research findings for your, in brief:
1. The blogosphere is a political space and everyone participating in it have some agenda -- direct and indirect.
2. The community formed on the blogosphere is always surrounded around a cause. There are communities that form around day-to-day personal experinces but these communities are loosely fragmented.
3. The blogosphere as a public sphere is very powerful in the way it leaves footprints for all future times. As a result there is very few distortion of meaning and experinces, even if it were to be desired.
Share your experiences and opinion with me at newmedia.soc@gmail.com
posted by AC at 9:24 AM
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