Humic Substances

What is a blog and who is blogging? Blogging to blow off steam, make your opinions heard and influence others - such motivations are particularly popular amongst male bloggers and filter bloggers; Blogging for me - the blog as a diary - what is the difference between offline diaries and blogs? Blogging for friends - blogging for family and friends; blogging to make friends; The blog as therapy - women and blogging for validation; Blogging for profit - financial motivations for blogging; blogs into blooks; The blog as citizen journalism - bloggers who see themselves as the fifth estate, keeping an eye on the fourth; the merging of blogging and mainstream journalism.