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Blogs in Education

Blogs in Education

Shuyan Wang
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781605660141|ISBN10: 1605660140|EISBN13: 9781605660158
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch019
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Wang, Shuyan. "Blogs in Education." Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition, edited by Margherita Pagani, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 134-139. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch019

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Wang, S. (2009). Blogs in Education. In M. Pagani (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition (pp. 134-139). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch019

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Wang, Shuyan. "Blogs in Education." In Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition, edited by Margherita Pagani, 134-139. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch019

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Abstract

Blogs have been sprouting like mushrooms after rain in the past few years because of their effectiveness in keeping contact with friends, family, and anybody else who shares interests. Blogs have been used in every field in present society and are becoming the mainstream medium in communication and virtual communities. Politicians and political candidates use blogs to express opinions on political issues. Since the last presidential election, blogs have played a major role in helping candidates conduct outreach and opinion forming. Many famous journalists write their own blogs. Many film stars or personages create their blogs to communicate with their fans or followers. Even soldiers serving in the Iraq war keep blogs to show readers new perspective on the realities of war. Blogs are increasingly being used in education by researchers, teachers, and students. Most high school students or college students belong to one form a virtual community as they share interests and daily news. Scholars have started blogging in order to reflect on their research. More and more teachers are keeping research blogs or creating course blogs. Students are keeping course blogs or personal blogs.

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