The rise of blogging: Articulation as a dynamic of technological stabilization
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2012 |
| Descripción: | This article conceptualizes the emergence and stabilization of blogging as a process of articulation; that is, the establishment of a non-necessary link between a group of internet users, websites, metaphors, and practices of content creation. Data for this study come from a mixed-methods research design. Drawing on an interdisciplinary framework that combines constructionist sociology of technology, communication and media research, and cultural studies, this article analyzes three important dynamics of articulation that shaped the rise of blogging from 1997 to 1999: the constitution of patterns of similarity between certain websites; the adoption of the term ‘weblog’ to identify this group of websites and their associated metaphors and content creation practices; and the coalescence of their creators into a self-defined community of users. This case affords significant opportunities for thinking about the contemporary appropriation of blogs and the dynamics of stabilization and use of new media. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/74935 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444811425222 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/74935 |
| Palabra clave: | Articulation Interpretive communities New media history Relevant social groups Social construction of technology Technological stabilization Users Weblogs 004.678 Internet |