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Journalism, Vol. 8, No. 3, 235-261 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907076459

Mapping the blogosphere

Professional and citizen-based media in the global news arena

Stephen D. Reese

University of Texas at Austin, USA, steve.reese{at}mail.utexas.edu

Lou Rutigliano

University of Texas at Austin, USA, rutigliano{at}mail.utexas.edu

Kideuk Hyun

University of Texas at Austin, USA, kihyun{at}mail.utexas.edu

Jaekwan Jeong

University of Texas at Austin, USA, jaekwan{at}mail.utexas.edu

Globalization and the internet have created a space for news and political discourse that overrides geography and increases opportunities for non-mainstream, citizen-based news sources. Drawing a distinction between emerging citizen and professional media, this study examines one rapidly expanding and increasingly influential citizen news source — weblogs. We analyzed the linking patterns, the online network led to by six of the most popular news and political weblogs to study their relationship to other weblogs and the traditional professional news media in the USA and internationally. Findings suggest a more complementary relationship between weblogs and traditional journalism and less echo-chamber political insularity than typically assumed. The blogosphere relies heavily on professional news reports and half of its linked-to sites can be considered non-partisan.

Key Words: content analysis • globalization • internet • journalism • network analysis • news sources • online news • professional • weblogs


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