Warblog
Warblog (. Of English was = war, and blog ) is an umbrella term for different types of blogs that deal with war and war coverage deal.
history
The term originally referred to news blogs that collected and commented on reporting in preparation for the 2003 Iraq war . These war blogs were often seen as conservative and pro-war.
However, the term was expanded to include eyewitness accounts from the war zones themselves. In early 2003, civilians such as the Iraqi Salam Pax and journalists such as Kevin Sites reported on blogs directly from the war zones. The reporting was expanded to include a current, mostly subjective and unauthorized eyewitness perspective. These war blogs were very well received in the media and Salam Pax published parts of his blog in book form in 2003.
With the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, the first blogs by soldiers were founded, which are often referred to as milblogs (from military ). Like civilians 'blogs, milblogs often deal with everyday war life and the soldiers' personal war experiences. In the USA there are also active milbloggers who want to oppose what they consider to be an anti-military public.
Web links
Articles on warblogs
- Warblogs: 8 examples
- Julia summer houses, "warblogs: from everyday life in the war zone" ( Politik-digital.de , August 17, 2006)
Individual evidence
- ^ Johanna Roering: Saddam Fired Scuds at Me. American Milblogs from the Iraq War. ( Memento from December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) kommunikation @ gesellschaft. Volume 8, article 8, 2007
- ↑ Katherine C. DenBleyker. The First Amendment versus Operational Security. Where Should the Milblogging Balance Lie. January 23, 2007