On 3/27/06, Steve Block <steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote:
On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Steve Block wrote:
> So creating a narrative which doesn't exist elsewhere, for example
> citing blog entries to create a story, that's clearly original
> research,
> yes?
Fred Bauder wrote:
> Now you are getting into citing published material. However, doing so
> to advance a novel idea would remain original research.
So a blog entry is deemed to be a publication? Is any given blog deemed
a publication and a reliable source?
Nope. Blogs are not considered reliable sources. They can be certainly be
used as sources in articles about those specific blogs, and can be quoted if
the authors themselves are famous individuals, but in general they should be
avoided.
And what then is a novel idea? I
can construct a narrative from blog postings, would
this be a novel idea?
Yes.
Jay.