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Hot Dawg Posts: 1701 03/31/08 10:09 PM Quinnipiac Dawg	Tags : None Alright dawgs....this pup needs some help...for my senior thesis I'm writing about blogging and podcasting....and looking for some input. If you read or have a blog what makes you go and read it and do you worry about crediblity? And how much stock do you put into blogs? anything like this that you can input would be appreciated...thanks Pound. ~Chaggy RIP Peggy...the Remdawgs will miss you. Last Edited By: Chaggy102 04/01/08 7:21 AM. Edited 1 time.
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auntiepatti		#1	[url]	[-]
RemDawg Posts: 3018 04/01/08 3:50 PM Cape Cod Dawg	Phew! I thought you were looking fo rinfo on seniors! ;-) I read my nephew's blog (he is 12 and quite entertaining) I read 38pitches as I always find Curt to be forthright. Beyond that, i am not a huge blog reader. As for podcasts, I would need to own an Ipod first............ That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck, 1976
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wallysgurl		#2	[url]	[-]
Hot Dawg Posts: 861 04/01/08 6:39 PM Dawg in Training	Maybe reading blogs is an "age" thing. Perhaps younger folks (under 25 maybe?) seek out different types of blogs and are more into reading them. Plus I think they spend a lot more time on the computer and use it for a lot of their entertainment. For me, I'll read blogs by sportswriters, and those written by personal friends (although not on a daily basis). I'd be interested to know if you find out how it all relates to age of people using the Internet, and maybe the younter set is more likely to put their personal feelings/stories "out there" than someone, say, in their 40s. I always think it's amazing how the Internet has affected our lives; how many of we oldsters on the board remember going to the library to research school papers and writing them in longhand if you didn't have a typewriter Joan
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William Francis Lee		#3	[url]	[-]
Hot Dawg Posts: 1709 04/01/08 11:52 PM Asian Dawg	Having a blog myself, Chags, I find that I have to have some credibility. I do cover the sports media and keep an eye on things. I do editorialize at times, because I feel I have the freedom to do so. I also visit other blogs like the Sports Media Watch, Boston Sports Media Watch, Eye on Sports Media, Awful Announcing and The Big Lead because they all have similar beats as mine. I find all of them to be entertaining and very good. In addition, these blogs have different styles. Awful Annnouncing is more sarcastic. The Big Lead covers both newspapers and TV. The Sports Media Watch usually has TV ratings news. I'm also affiliated with Boston Sports Media Watch now. I feel blogs serve a very good purpose and can be complimentary to newspapers, radio and TV as well. The fact that most newspapers now have blogs show that editors and publishers also put stock in them as well.
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Rem Pup Posts: 390 04/02/08 7:35 AM Rem Pup	Working in technology, I am online most of the day and have developed a list of sites that I check every day.... Sports: BDD, Remy Board, NYY Fans (seeing what the enemy is up to) Politics: Crooks and Liars, HuffingtonPost, Salon, FireDogLake, DailyKos, Left in Lowell (can you tell my poitlical persuasion?) Technology: Gizmodo, Woot (I know, Woot isn't a blog, but I am COMPLETE addict and love the comments) I also download the podcasts for Baseball Today and Wait, Wait Don't Tell me Most of the sites have a link to some real news item and then associated commentary. Particularly for political blogs, I do check context and author when making credibility judgements, but I mostly only read blogs from places that all pretty well respected. I hope that helps! Good luck, Chaggy! GK
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RemDawg Posts: 5518 04/02/08 10:26 AM Deputy Dawg	I do read some blogs and yes Curt's is one of them....nice to get the other side of the story some time. I do read some other sports blogs from time to time. I also like wisebread blogs which are really about saving money as well as a few others (kids in college are cramping my $$$). I do subscribe to a couple of NPR podcasts. I think we should start a thread in DP if anyone has a blog that they would like to let us know about I think it would be cool as long as it isn't something that is just purely about selling a product or service. Sue Sorry to ask this--did we just win ANOTHER World Series?
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kmwgrace		#6	[url]	[-]
Hot Dawg Posts: 1095 04/02/08 7:34 PM Hot Dawg	I'll have to have Rob post on this one, he reads a LOT more blogs than I do. I'll let him know... ~ Kate :)
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Paxilrod		#7	[url]	[-]
Dawg in Training Posts: 876 04/02/08 10:21 PM Dawg in Training	Our reference librarian keeps a blog for the library, and we find it drives traffic to our main website. (It also allows her to keep our list of events and such up-to-date even if the main computer with out website files and software is unavailable.) I would imagine there are a great many good ones out there, but it gets like MySpace, Facebook, and any other form of social networking: After a while, there's only so much you can read and keep up. If I'm reading a blog, and we follow this same template for the library's, I'm expecting a few specific things: Information I can actually take away and use on an upcoming product release or event; a link to more specific information, call to action or a download; or solid references. We would not recommend blog material for research projects, unless, of course, you're doing it on blogs, but even then we would be searching for peer-reviewed journal articles on social networking. The beauty that formats like blogs offer is the freedom for people to express their thoughts and observations. Certainly everyone should have a voice. The hang-up is that we are all so busy speaking our minds that no one has or takes the time to read/listen anymore. It also runs the risk of becoming a medium for lazy journalism - why research your facts when you can just state your opinion in a witty manner? Our writers group members, in general, don't blog, although some might rant. In general it is viewed as a distraction from the real work and craft of writing, even by those who liberally employ SN tools. I don't follow any personally - just not enough hours in the day, but I have come across some that occasionally wax useful. This is one of the better ones for libraries: http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/. Lisa Dude, run!
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rbmjr	Blogs	#8	[url]	[-]
Rem Pup Posts: 264 04/08/08 1:32 AM Dr. Poli Sci Dawg	Chaggy, I maintain a couple of blogs and read many of them on a regular basis. My blogs, of course, are 100% factual 100% of the time. LOL. The ones I read are mostly related to politics, theology, or travel. I don't use them as primary sources for information but if I find something interesting I usually check it out through other sources. If the blog is more opinion oriented than fact oriented I usually take it with a grain of salt. The best blogs try to be informative without duplicating info that is readily available in newspapers or magazines. One of my favorites is by a guy who just feels the need to write about his life and how he learns from the events he experiences. Sometimes they are funny, sometimes sad. Mostly I read to learn and share experiences with other more or less like-minded people. Good luck with the thesis! Rob "dirtdawg" Mellen Jr. Go Sox! Go Cougs!
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crusah	blogging	#9	[url]	[-]
Rem Pup Posts: 6 04/20/08 6:39 PM	Hi, I have a blog. Just learned how this year. I'm a science teacher and find it great to link sites with video etc for the kids to check out. For the students without the net - not so good. I will use the links in a class setting when I have access to a class set of computers - every few weeks or so. I can never use the blog to post mandatory stuff though. The blog is just another one of my resources as a public school teacher. I read blogs on boston.com. Crusah
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