Chinese Blogosphere

Chinese Blogosphere Berkman Center Internet and Society conference Isaac Mao Socialbrain.org, CNBlog.org 2004/11

Data Facts
600,000 Bloggers in China(source: CNBlog.org)

Content Features
10000 random blog posts in Chinese blogosphere
Datasource: http://grassland.cnblog.org

The essence of weblog
Connecting our mind with internet’s publicity
Unleash the knowledge in digital island
Enabling technology for free speech
Grassroots voices weaving up
All those are important to Chinese community

How is the censorship
Blosspot.com, 2003/1
Typepad.com, 2004/3
Blogs.com, n/a
Blogger.com(partially)

Two Pyramids Population Coverage Impact = Population*Coverage Journalist Reader Blogger Mass Institutional Media Blogosphere Mind Communication

Power Law vs. Metcalfe's law
Broadcasting vs. Resonated casting
Professional journalism vs. Global checking
Post mortem vs. Witness
Brand name vs. Social Capital and trust
Elite vs. Collective Intelligence
All rights reserved vs. “Creative Commons”
Centrallization vs. P2P

How to prevent from Meme dying
Extend the route
New license of copying
Free Speech
Cultural exchange
Social Network Public Private Space

Recent stories
Blogger’s witness of murder in Beijing
NiuNiu
Civilian fight with local gov on blog
Scandal of a professor in campus blog

Still the problem
One way world
English Blogsphere Chinese Blogsphere

Great Firewall Keywords in page? Content Filtering System Keywords List Daily Black List Permanent Black List Permanent Black List http GET URL in BL? 404 Browser Flush Page Y Y

Our R&D works
We- series( Wego, Wealink, Weshelf,etc.)
Wego, personal knowledge management tool covering blog/sns/wiki functions, working through private/public information space

Social Brain Foundation Your brain is neuron of social brain

Chinese Blogosphere

by Isaac Mao on Nov 12, 2007

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