Jan Schmidt

Born 1972.
Senior researcher for digital interactive media and political communication at the Hans-Bredow-Institut (Hamburg). His current research focusses on Social Software and Web 2.0 in general, with a particular interest in the way the Internet shapes social networks and publics. Up-to-date information can be found in his blog at http://www.schmidtmitdete.de

Links to current publications:
Schmidt, Jan (2007): Blogging practices: An analytical framework. In: Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication, Vol. 12, Nr. 4. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/schmidt.html
Burg, Thomas N. / Schmidt, Jan (Eds.) (2007): BlogTalks Reloaded. Social Software – research & cases. Norderstedt: Books on Demand. http://blogtalk.net/Main/BlogTalks
Schmidt, Jan (2006): Weblogs. Eine kommunikationssoziologische Studie [German]. Konstanz: UVK. http://www.schmidtmitdete.de/lebenslauf-aktivitaten-publikationen/buch-weblogs

His presentation:

Online Mainstream Media and Web Blogs: Competing or Complementory Publics?