Esta semana estaba revisando Communications of the ACM (CACM), publicación que no revisaba desde Noviembre. El número de Diciembre de 2004 - Vol. 48(12) - dedica su tema de portada a los blogs (titulado The Blogosphere).
Es interesante que una publicación que proviene de un ámbito básicamente científico dedique el tema central de un número a este fenómeno. Sin duda, el 2005 será el año mediático de los blogs.
Los artículos dedicados a la blogósfera son estos:
El acceso a la revista es vía suscripción (paga) y prohibe publicar el contenido de las publicaciones y revistas a las que se tiene acceso con la suscripción. Por este motivo, sólo anexo un extracto del editorial:
vemeko | 23/01/2005 - 5:41 PM | Noticias/AnunciosFor a vast number of netizens, the great attraction of the Internet is not in the discovery, but in being discovered. The Net provides a worldwide audience to each and every usera truth as seductive as it is powerful and plentiful. Certainly the phenomenon of Weblogs, or blogging, reflects this fact.
The ability the Net offers to self-publish has profoundly changed the face of mainstream journalism and news distribution. Yes, blogging often clouds fact from fiction. It is also personal; often too personal. But it makes full use of what the Internet is built to bea global network for sharing, linking, and communicating. Indeed, blogging has grown from a self-centered fad to a form of self-expression that combines knowledge sharing, scholarly research, and commentary; yet welcomes pure storytelling as easily as it promises social reform. Communications Senior Editor Andy Rosenbloom coordinated this months special section exploring the blogosphere, with noted authors and bloggers who discuss the technologies being employed, as well as the various forms blogging takes and the dangers of living in a world that exclusively reflects personal convictions but misses the big picture.