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Blog: Understanding The Information Reformation
Blog: Understanding The Information Reformation
Blog: Understanding The Information Reformation
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Blog: Understanding The Information Reformation

Written by Hugh Hewitt

Narrated by Hugh Hewitt

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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"Blogs" are fast replacing traditional media as the source for reliable information, and now Hugh Hewitt, who The Wall Street Journal calls the "unofficial historian of the blogging movement," shares practical ways you or your business can benefit from a presence in the blogosphere. "Blog" is short for "Web log"an online site with time-dated postings, maintained by one or more posters, that features links and commentary. But that is like saying a car is a means of transportation featuring four wheels. Millions are changing their habits when it comes to information acquisition, and the blogosphere has appeared so suddenly as to surprise even the most sophisticated of analysts. In Blog, bestselling author Hugh Hewitt helps you catch up with and get ahead of this phenomenon. Up until now no influential blogger has written a definitive book about this phenomenon. Since Hugh Hewitt's blog siteHughHewittwas launched in early 2002, more than 10 million people have visited this site. Why does this visitor traffic matter? People's attentions are up for grabs. If you depend upon the steady trust of others, suddenly you have an audience waiting to hear from you. The race is underway, though, to gain mindspace and to be part of the blogosphere readers' habits and to position yourself as well as your business or organization at the forefront of this information movement.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOasis Audio
Release dateJan 15, 2005
ISBN9781608140855
Blog: Understanding The Information Reformation
Author

Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt hosts a nationally syndicated radio program heard daily in more than one hundred cities. Hewitt is a professor of law at Chapman University and a partner in the law firm Hewitt Wolensky McNulty & Hickson LLP. He is the author of more than a dozen books and is a columnist for theWashington Examiner and Townhall.com and blogs daily at HughHewitt.com. Hewitt is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a helpful introduction to the usefulness of the blog online medium.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Coming back to this book after several years (ten or more, if memory serves me), and just had to do a review. Quite frankly, this little gem, now nearly forgotten, is remarkably resilient. How impressive it is that this aging book has survived. And that, in spite of its complete neglect of the phenomenon of social media (actually, it is not neglect at all, since in 2005, there was very little known of social media, at least as we know it in 2020). On the other hand, it "was"--and remains--profoundly prescient of the Trump era and the charges of media corruption in his every tweet.I'll not argue that point, one way or the other, but if there is even a modicum of truth in Hewitt's strident rebuke of media bias, it is all the worse--at least from Trump's perception--in this day (as of the date of this review, Joe Biden and all the so-called mainstream media has proclaimed his election as President, and the Trump machine is still pressing the matter of fraudulent votes in the courts). If an early rehash of what was then (in Hewitt's view) is not of interest, ignore the first couple dozen pages, and put a rubber band around the last couple dozen pages, and in between you will find a refreshingly on-target and even prophetic view of how the still-current--and perhaps even growing--blog "movement" (if, indeed it can be so described) has not only matured, but also seems poised to address an even broader need of journalistic perspective; whether left, right, or somewhere in between.I may read this yet a third time, but will not wait another ten years to do so. One final observation: On my initial read, I found the book a bit tedious, and maybe even a bit... um... crazy; but 15 years later, the author's claims appear to have been vindicated , assuming you are viewing things from the right. Still, it would be very frustrating, if you are a leftist..
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A nice crisp introduction to the essence of blogging from a very successful blogger himself. Hewitt knows what makes a blog both worthwhile and ultimately attractive to readers: a strong voice that's trustworthy.The book is a bit dated now, as it was written in 2005, and therefore misses out on the ways in which online communication has shifted to social networking, but many of the same lessons still apply.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In broad strokes, the first 100 pages of BLOG are a rehash of the "W" - Kerry campaign and how bloggers impacted the election. I found it interesting, but admittedly skimmed some, focusing on specific blog references.The next 50 pages of BLOG are about blogging and why an individual or business person should even bother to be aware of blogs. These fifty pages are worth the price of the book.The last 75 pages of BLOG are the rants (writings) of the author, Hugh Hewitt. Either you agree with him and thus like him or you don'tAt this time, there is not a lot of material about blogs - other than blogs themselves - available. At least for now, BLOG is the book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another book on my 'recommended reading' list for students who want to understand what the new communication landscape is all about