Andreas Kitzmann’s book Saved from Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams looks as though it might be useful for studying weblogs and such. The book “focuses on the major forms of self-documentation that have been in use since the late nineteenth century and covers traditional diaries, snapshot photography, home movies/videos, and web-based media such as web cams and online diaries or journals.” I’ve put it in my Amazon.com shopping basket.
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Anthony
Thanks for bringing this book to our attention. I’m adding it to my next Amazon order, too!
Marika
Thanks for sharing Jill! This seems like a very interesting book.
Arne
Is this correct?
Jill
Microsoft buys Blogger from Google? Looks like an April Fool’s joke to me… I’m not going to trust ANYTHING today 🙂