Comments on: Blogs, Conversation and Comments http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donna http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Donna Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:04:12 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/#comment-159 I'm with you, DnW -- I love the "whole culture of blog," too! I’m with you, DnW — I love the “whole culture of blog,” too!

]]> By: drumsnwhistles http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-156 drumsnwhistles Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:01:22 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/#comment-156 Amy, This has really been a terrific learning exercise for me. Thanks for starting the conversation and facilitating it! DnW Amy,

This has really been a terrific learning exercise for me. Thanks for starting the conversation and facilitating it!

DnW

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Amy Gahran Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:38:20 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/01/19/blogs-conversation-and-comments/#comment-155 Wow, Drums, great post! You noted: "I was defining conversation in terms of one-with-one interaction, but a blog is a one-with-many conversation, with comments amplifying the 'one' to 'many' voices." ...And that's why I consider weblogs to be a type of "conversational media" -- which is media that leverages mass communication to allow the audience to converse directly with the author and with each other. We're generally used to thinking about conversation in terms of two people or a small group, but we now have large-scale and usually public conversations happening via conversational media. I find this trend fascinating. I'm glad you've come to embrace a broader view of what a conversation can be. - Amy Gahran RightConversation.com Contentious.com Wow, Drums, great post!

You noted: “I was defining conversation in terms of one-with-one interaction, but a blog is a one-with-many conversation, with comments amplifying the ‘one’ to ‘many’ voices.”

…And that’s why I consider weblogs to be a type of “conversational media” — which is media that leverages mass communication to allow the audience to converse directly with the author and with each other.

We’re generally used to thinking about conversation in terms of two people or a small group, but we now have large-scale and usually public conversations happening via conversational media. I find this trend fascinating.

I’m glad you’ve come to embrace a broader view of what a conversation can be.

- Amy Gahran
RightConversation.com
Contentious.com

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