The Master's thesis Iranian opposition and blogging - the phenomenon of Citizen journalism in a non-free society is focused on analysis of blogging as an opposition's communication tool within the nondemocratic regimes, contemporary Iran in particular. The research question is How can be the opposition's communication performed by blogging and what are the limitations and possibilities of such communication. The primary hypothesis is that the blogs are not used for direct manangement of opposition's actions, but rather as an alternative space for free expression. Four opposition's blogs written in english are analysed by means of qualitative analysis. The main criteria for selection of blogs were that the blog should be actualised on regular basis, based in Iran or at least written by a native Iranian, and clearly be in favour of the opposition's ideology. Content published between march 2009 and march 2010 was selected for analysis, for it was the period of disputed presidential election and following citizen's unrest in Iran. The issues of media's effects are not discussed in the thesis. Aside of the analysis, certain theoretical models of communication and their potential use within Iran's blogosphere are discussed. The analysis finally confirms that the bloggers have a potential to become...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:23:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Guilherme Felitti.pdf: 1736880 bytes, checksum: 6336b05f3293c14670a708271d9fa9e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-04 / The popularization of the blogs from their beginning in 1996 until today, attracting profiles of users besides enthusiasts and technology professionals, presents to us new kinds of applications of the platform that surpass the initial definitions of link filters or personal diaries on the internet. This research intends to review the main basic concepts about blogs, to indicate common points to the different platform applications. The first chapter will explore blogs under three prisms: structural, explaining the tools that the available services nowadays offer; practical, exploring which habits come from the appropriation of the tools; and the conversations, with blogs hosting dialogues highly fragmented and infinitely expansible. The second chapter will retake the classification of the blogs as a genre to indicate the necessity of seeing them as language, presenting suggestions for a model of a more precise and discerning definition. The third chapter will explore the development of the blogs in United States and in Brazil, in a comparison that intends to highlight common points and differences in their development in both countries. The fourth chapter will analyze three Brazilian case studies and it is focused in their capacities to attract and interact with their communities / A popularização dos blogues do seu surgimento em 1996 até os dias de hoje, atraindo perfis de usuários além dos entusiastas e profissionais de tecnologia, nos apresenta novos tipos de aplicações da plataforma que extrapolam as definições iniciais de filtros de links ou diários pessoais na internet. Esta pesquisa pretende passar em revisão os principais conceitos básicos sobre os blogues, para indicar pontos comuns às diferentes aplicações da plataforma. O primeiro capítulo explorará os blogues sob três prismas: o estrutural, explicando as ferramentas que os serviços atualmente disponíveis oferecem; o da prática, explorando que tipos de hábitos são desdobramentos da apropriação das ferramentas; e o das conversações, com os blogues hospedando diálogos altamente fragmentados e infinitamente expansíveis. O segundo capítulo retomará a classificação dos blogues como gênero para argumentar a necessidade de encará-los como linguagem, apresentando sugestões para um modelo de tipificação mais preciso e criterioso. Já o terceiro explorará o desenvolvimento dos blogues nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil, em comparação que pretende destacar semelhanças e diferenças em seu desenvolvimento nos dois países. O quarto capítulo analisará três estudos de casos brasileiros e é focado em suas capacidades de atraírem e interagirem com suas comunidades