...Barrie Gunter; Gillian Youngs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show how the blurring of public and private spheres is among the changes associated with the phenomenon of blogging. In linking this to theories of globalization shows more clearly how new media transformations have macro...

... will conclude by brie y considering some of these. Globalisation The rst and most important is globalisation. Like all information businesses, and indeed most industries, publishing has undergone a rapid and dramatic global expansion of the arena of its market and in its ownership. A glance at the family tree...

... to catch up with the global trend 2. The past four years has witnessed an explosion of the Internet in Japan, and with it the Government has moved en masse, encouraging the country to improve IT skills and learn English. Not just so they can communicate effectively, but because communication is the new...