Creating community through blogs

An article in the Appleton Post Crescent on area residents and blogging quotes Alex Halavais, assistant professor of communication, who says "I would say blogging exists at the boundary between conversation and publication. The culture of blogging -- valuing conversation, freely sharing content and radical transparency -- is a big part of the force behind the popularity of blogging. The ability of the blog to fulfill such a wide range of communication tasks makes it a perfect carrier for these new values." Go to article.