Introduction

Background

‘Weblogs or blogs are frequently updated webpages with a series of archived posts, typically in reverse-chronological order. Blog posts are primarily textual, but they may contain photos or other multimedia content. Most blogs provide hypertext links to other Internet sites, and many allow for audience comments.’ (Nardi, Schiano and Gumbrecht, 2004:1) There are generally two types of Blogs: personal blogs are those which resembles online journal or diary; non-personal blogs include forums which concentrates on diverse topics and issues, and commercial Blogs that are used to advertise products and services. For the purpose of this paper, only personal blogs and blog forums will be explored.

Blogging in Singapore has become a phenomenon and its pervasiveness across all ages in our society is evident with popular local Blogs like Mr Brown and Xiaxue having the two highest votes for the Best Asian Blog Award 2005 (The Weblog Award, 2005). However,......

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Title: Ethical Issues Of Blogging In Singapore
Approximate Word Count: 2029
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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