http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Writing/Community-Building/Blogging A listing of the most recently indexed works about Articles and Writing and Community Building and Blogging in the field of technical communication (and technical writing). en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Writing/Community-Building/Blogging http://tc.eserver.org/26301.html http://tc.eserver.org/26301.html Leaving a comment on someone's weblog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation. As in real life, online there are some people who are a pleasure to converse with, and some who are not. http://tc.eserver.org/25591.html http://tc.eserver.org/25591.html Blogs above the waterline—those which are frequently updated, widely read, and consistently linked—may represent the conception of blogs in the public mind, but they are not representative of blogs in general. http://tc.eserver.org/25595.html http://tc.eserver.org/25595.html If the problem with American public discourse is lack of access, then the blogsphere will do much to improve it. If, however, the problem is how people participate, if there is already too much stance-taking and not enough argumentation, the blogsphere will simply give more people easier access to a form of public discourse which actually has limited benefit. http://tc.eserver.org/25593.html http://tc.eserver.org/25593.html In this essay I assess the potential impact of weblogs on the public sphere, using a model based on the work of Jürgen Habermas to provide an ideal against which we can measure the efficacy of weblogs as a public space.