Die Diskussion ist bei Weitem nicht neu und wurde kürzlich auch von Moe im Bildungsblog mehrfach aufgenommen. (Aber auch hier und hier - um nur einige zu erwähnen) Wie sieht es mit Weblogs in "akademischem Umfeld aus?

Mark Glaser (ojr) schreibt:

Are Weblogs a passing fad or a revolutionary new form of communication and publishing? That's still an open question, but the presence of blogs in the academic environment makes it more likely that they'll survive and thrive in the long term.
Besonders interessant allerdings sind die verschiedenen Statements als Antwort auf die Frage: online Journalism Review: When did you first discover Weblogs and describe your "A-ha!" moment when you realized they might change social discourse.

Alex Halavais: The discovery happened over time -- I'm still not completely sure I know what a blog is! I had updated my own Web site periodically (generally monthly) by hand, from about 1998 on. In a course I was teaching in 1999 at the University of Washington, I realized I didn't want a threaded discussion, I wanted chronologically organized topics with a way to respond, and so I wrote a piece of blogging software that would allow for this interaction. The students -- once they got used to it -- reacted very favorably.
(Alex Halavais is an assistant professor in the School of Informatics at SUNY Buffalo, where he teaches about the social uses of collaborative media. His current research examines the social impact of blogging in public life; its use by professionals, scholars, and activists; its use in personal knowledge management; and its role in the coming age of mass interaction.)

Vollständiger Artikel von Mark Glaser bei OnlineJournalismReview: Scholars Discover Weblogs Pass Test as Mode of Communication

Eine interessante Initiative:



http://www.sinosplice.com/adoptablog/

The Adopt a Blog project began in response to the second major blocking measure taken by the government of the People's Republic of China against blogging services. The first such measure was taken against Blogger's free Blogspot hosting service on January 8, 2003. That block is still in place today. The more recent block of Typepad blogs began on March 25, 2004, and is also still in effect.

The Adopt a Blog project is not a political agenda seeking to oppose the PRC or its policies. It is not confined to any particular country. It was founded strictly to uphold free speech, regardless of content. Its main idea is: we spread out our blogs, and when they block a blog, we move it elsewhere.

Aus dem Blog Hammorabi:

A Letter to an American Solider!

I am sure the Pentagon specialist Departments had certain advices and clarifications to their soldiers about how to deal with the Iraqi people but not without pitfalls. This article is different as you may see.

Above all the American solider should ask himself or herself the following question: What is his feeling when his own country occupied by foreign forces irrespective of whether they liberated him from a tyrant or not? Just ask yourself this question and keep the answer with you soon when your feet touch the Iraqi soil! This will make you to understand the feeling of the people or some of the people whom you are going to meet there!

Next thing you have to know that you are in a different society than yours. Let me give you an example. If a foreign particle enters your body your immunity will isolate then attack it by special antibodies. Therefore this particle should behave genuinely as part of the body! You should not make yourself superior to the people there and should show that you do care for that part of the world and its people as if you are one of them....

Vollständiger Eintrag von Hammorabi.