Weblogging and its effect on Culture
1) The state of Weblogging today
a) 8,000 Radio Weblogs. 30,000 Manila sites, 300,000+ Live Journals, 100,000+ Blogger Sites
b) Mainstream press interest
c) Services, weblogs.com, Google, DayPop, Blogdex
d) What is Weblogging?
e) Comparison of news distributioni) Earthquake
ii) 9/11
iii) FrontPage
iv) Radio
2) Why has Weblogging happened?
a) Cost
b) Ease of Use
c) Speed of Posting and Maintainance
d) Services and Personalities
3) Comparison of culture with other Internet communication types
a) Newsgroups
b) Mailing Lists
c) Wiki's
4) Role of RSS/XML in Weblogging
5) Is it Journalism? Discussion of Professional vs. Amateur
