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Federal Shield Law for Bloggers

By alex | Published: 5/8/2007
I won’t tell you where I got this (OK, here–are you happy?), but there is a bill before congress, introduced by Rick Boucher, that would provide protection for bloggers who want to protect their sources. The federal shield law–called the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007–would provide federal protection for journalists who want to […]
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Publication: Geographical Distribution of Blogs in the US

By alex | Published: 1/31/2007
This will look familiar to regular readers of the blog, but the final version of the blog geocoding paper wound up in Webology. So even if you have read it before, you can now get on the NSA’s watch list by visiting an Iranian website. (Kidding. I hope?) Here’s the abstract: Blogging has diffused rapidly […]
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MySpace, “down to our level”

By alex | Published: 10/14/2006
I try not to post too much about personal failings here. I don’t post about how my sometimes badly behaved dog just pulled me down during our walk today making me look silly and banging up my knee. I don’t post about my poor research output–at least in terms of quantity–perhaps because it is obvious. […]
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Bespoke Blogging: Elmwood Strip

By alex | Published: 8/24/2006
Congratulations go to Paul Visco, who presented his MFA project to his committee (Josephine Anstey [chair], Loss Pequeño Glazier, and me) today. The project, which I’ve written about before, is the Elmwood strip community site, which has existed in various incarnations since 2002. The initial site was started as part of a Virtual Communities class, […]
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