Every semester, there is a class at the Washington Journalism Center in which the students and I wrestle with one of the most important issues in the age of digital journalism: What exactly is a weblog?
Since I did some of my graduate work at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, I am one of those people who strive to follow the doctrine that “technology shapes content.” For me, the term “weblog” refers, first and foremost, to an empty box that has been created by a particular form of software.
Thus, not all blogs are alike. It depends on what bloggers choose to put into that box.
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