Unlike previous media-analytic research, Sarah Jurkiewicz's
anthropological study understands blogging as a social field and a
domain of practice. This approach underlines the significance of
blogging in practitioners' daily lives and for their self-understanding.
In this context, the notion of publicness enables a consideration of
publics not as static "spheres" that actors merely enter, but as
produced and constituted by social practices. The vibrant media
landscape of Beirut serves as a selection of samples for an ethnographic
exploration of blogging.