Blogging: How Our Private Thoughts Went Public examines self-representational writing from its historical roots in personal diaries to its current form in personal blogs. Widely available on the Internet, personal blogs are the latest form of an ever more public writing style of self-reflection. Utilizing Hannah Arendt’s philosophy of public, private, and social, this book delves deeper into the question of public versus private and provides an entrance for Arendt’s work into today’s mediated world. Arendt’s understanding of public, private, and social allows us to better understand the need for boundaries and for both public and private spaces in our lives. Interpersonal communication theories, including boundary management theory and parasocial framework theory, help to better understand how people navigate public and private boundaries in communication. These theories provide a philosophical view of our overshared and overmediated world, and, specifically, how it affects our communication styles and practices.

Introduce readers to the world of work with this stimulating, easy-to-read set. All the important issues are explored, such as why people work, what physical abilities and personal skills are needed for employment, how to set salary expectation, how to look for a job, and how to interview for a job.

Product Description: Becoming a blogger takes practice, hard work, and, ultimately, a passion for the craft. Whether you plan to blog on politics or parenting, The Elements of Blogging is designed to give you the skills and strategies to get started, to sustain your work, and to seek out a robust audience...read more

Product Description: Transform Your Blog into a Book!The world of blogging changes rapidly, but it remains one of the most efficient ways to share your work with an eager audience. In fact, you can purposefully hone your blog content into a uniquely positioned book--one that agents and publishers will want to acquire or that you can self-publish successfully...read more

Blogging can be a great way for teens to hone their creative writing skills, delve more deeply into an interest, and create community online. Teens can become expert bloggers in no time with this colorful, entertaining handbook that guides them through the process step by step. Readers get tips on setting up a blog, writing in an engaging way, linking to social networks, adding audio and video content, tagging posts for easy searching, and much more. They also get advice for dealing with dangers and nuisances such as cyberbullies, trolls, and comment spam. Definitions of key terms and abundant Web resources equip teens to navigate the blogosphere with ease.

Product Description: Blogs are a great place to practice using technology to produce and publish writing, interact and collaborate with others, and share ideas with the world. Readers of this book will learn how to set up and maintain their own blogs for personal or educational use...read more

Product Description: Social networks are a nearly universal element of modern, information-driven societies, one that presents many opportunities and advantages-and challenges and hazards-for organizations as well as individuals.Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking: Measurements, Analysis, and Investigations provides a cross-cultural perspective of social networking, including ethical considerations and business implications...read more

Product Description: There are more than 54,000 new blogs started every day around the world. The stark reality is that most will fail because bloggers don’t have enough information on marketing themselves. The key to any successful marketing plan is a strong brand...read more