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A '''blog''' (a [[Clipping (morphology)|truncation]] of "'''weblog'''")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html|title=Weblogs: A History And Perspective|last=Blood|first=Rebecca|date=September 7, 2000|access-date=September 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530144950/http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html|archive-date=May 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an informational [[website]] consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in [[Reverse chronology|reverse chronological order]] so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the [[web page]]. UntilIn 2009the 2000s, blogs were often the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject or topic. In the 2010s, "multi-author blogs" (MABs) emerged, featuring the writing of multiple [[author]]s and sometimes professionally [[Editing|edited]]. MABs from [[newspaper]]s, other [[News media|media outlet]]s, universities, [[think tank]]s, [[advocacy group]]s, and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog [[Web traffic|traffic]]. The rise of [[Twitter]] and other "[[microblogging]]" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into the [[news media]]. ''Blog'' can also be used as a verb, meaning ''to maintain or add content to a blog''.

The emergence and growth of blogs in the late 1990s coincided with the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users who did not have much experience with [[HTML]] or [[computer programming]]. Previously, knowledge of such technologies as HTML and [[File Transfer Protocol]] had been required to publish content on the Web, and early Web users therefore tended to be [[hacker]]s and computer enthusiasts. As of the 2010s, the majority are interactive [[Web 2.0]] websites, allowing visitors to leave online comments, and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mutum|first1=Dilip|last2=Wang|first2=Qing|editor=Neal M. Burns |editor2=Terry Daugherty |editor3=Matthew S. Eastin|title=Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising: User Generated Content Consumption|volume=1|year=2010|publisher=IGI Global|pages=248–261|chapter=Consumer Generated Advertising in Blogs}}</ref> In that sense, blogging can be seen as a form of [[social networking service]]. Indeed, bloggers not only produce content to post on their blogs but also often build social relations with their readers and other bloggers.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Gaudeul, Alexia |author2=Peroni, Chiara |name-list-style=amp |year=2010|url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/ebl/ecbull/eb-10-00198.html |title=Reciprocal attention and norm of reciprocity in blogging networks|journal=[[Economics Bulletin]]|volume=30|issue=3|pages=2230–2248}}</ref> Blog owners or authors often [[Internet forum#Moderators|moderate]] and [[Wordfilter|filter]] online comments to remove [[hate speech]] or other offensive content. There are also high-readership blogs which do not allow comments.

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The impact of blogging on the mainstream media has also been acknowledged by governments. In 2009, the presence of the American journalism industry had declined to the point that several newspaper corporations were filing for bankruptcy, resulting in less direct competition between newspapers within the same circulation area. Discussion emerged as to whether the newspaper industry would benefit from a stimulus package by the federal government. U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] acknowledged the emerging influence of blogging upon society by saying, "if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, then what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void, but not a lot of mutual understanding".<ref>[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091103/OPINION16/91102031/1004/OPINION/Journalists-deserve-subsidies-too Journalists deserve subsidies too] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324134110/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091103/OPINION16/91102031/1004/OPINION/Journalists-deserve-subsidies-too |date=March 24, 2014 }}, [[Robert W. McChesney]] and [[John Nichols (journalist)|John Nichols]], ''Delaware Online'', November 3, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2009.</ref> Between 2009 and 2012, an [[Orwell Prize]] for blogging was awarded.

In the late [[2000s]], blogs were often used on business websites and for [[grassroots]] [[political activism]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lain Kennedy |first=Joice |title=Job Interviews for Dummies |date=2008-01-03 |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley Publishing, Inc.]] |isbn=9780470177488 |edition=3rd |___location=Indianapolis |pages=197 |orig-date=2007, the majority was completed by this year}}</ref>

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