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Reminder: March 4th is the deadline for submissions

The 2nd Annual Workshop on Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem:
Aggregation, Analysis and Dynamics
Chiba, Japan
May 10, 2005

http://www.blogpulse.com/www2005-workshop-cfp.html

Invited Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center for Internet and
Society, Harvard Law School

Theme of the Workshop

The weblogging microcosm has evolved into a distinct form, into a
community of publishers. The strong sense of community amongst bloggers
distinguishes weblogs from the various forms of online publications such
as online journals, 'zines and newsletters that flourished in the early
days of the web and from traditional media such as newspapers, magazines
and television. The use of weblogs primarily for publishing, as opposed
to discussion, differentiates blogs from other online community forums,
such as Usenet newsgroups and message boards. Often referred to as the
blogsphere, the network of bloggers is a thriving ecosystem, with its
own internally driven dynamics.

The cross-linking that takes place between blogs, through blogrolls,
explicit linking, trackbacks, and referrals creates implicit and
explicit networks which define the communities of the weblogging world.
create a strong sense of community in the weblogging world. There is
work underway to understand the dynamics of the weblogging network, much
of which springs from bloggers themselves. The self-publishing aspect of
weblogs, the time-stamped entries, the highly interlinked nature of the
blogging community and the significant impact of weblog content on
politics, ideas, and culture make them a fascinating subject of study.


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Workshop Topics and Objectives


The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for sharing
research on the blogging ecosystem. The workshop will consist of
technical papers, panel discussions, and demonstrations of research
prototypes. Topics of interest for technical papers include, but are not
limited to the following:

* Mapping and visualization of the blogsphere
* Weblog taxonomies: automatic and/or manual construction
* Automatic classification of weblog entries
* Weblog search engines
* Applications built on top of blog data
* Aggregate measures over the blogsphere
* Dynamics of information flow across the blogsphere
* Methods for weblog census
* Weblog lifecycle
* Influence of blogsphere on the information landscape
* Alternative blog forms (podcasting, moblogging, photoblogs, etc.)

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Paper Submission and Review

Papers should be submitted via email to the workshop co-chairs at
[log in to unmask] Papers submitted to the workshop will undergo a
peer review process overseen by the workshop co-chairs. Each paper will
be reviewed by at least two program commitee members. Accepted papers
will be presented at the workshop by one of the authors and will be
published in the WWW-2005 Workshops CD-ROM and online.

Papers should not exceed 5000 words (approximately 12 pages) in length
and must be submitted in PDF. Short papers (up to 6 pages) describing
early research results are also welcome.

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Important Dates

Deadline of electronic submission: March 4 , 2005
Author notification: March 28, 2005
Workshop: May 10, 2005

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