We do it because we need to
December 30th, 2004A brief article in Inside Higher Ed does a gloss on humanities bloggers:
How delightfully 2004! I really hope that this remains the common view in the next year, but anyone who studies the process of popularization of communication media knows better than that: the media attention on blogs during the next year (and thus—causation aside—much of the popular attention) will be on who just sold out.
None of these bloggers earn any money off their sites, and they pay for any technology they need (although that’s usually less than $100 a year). Their commitment is evident when they laugh at the question of finances with regard to their blogs. They view the blogs as just part of life.Says Montfort: “When someone gets a new car, you don’t ask, ‘And are you going to make money on the car?’ It’s just something they need.”
Not me! I remain forever ineffably unmarketable!
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January 4th, 2005 at 1:55 am
Blogging for money and sellin’ on out in the process
I randomly found Alex Halavais’ weblog (and liked it). Citing an article from Inside Higher Ed, Alex muses: [A]nyone who studies the process of popularization of communication media knows better [that] the media attention on blogs during the next year…