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29.07.2006

Blogosphérisme en France vu d'Amérique

IHT : France's mysterious embrace of blogs

PARIS Already famed for angry labor strikes and philosophical debates in smoke-filled cafés, the French have now brought these passions online to become some of the world's most intensive bloggers.

The French distinguish themselves, both statistically and anecdotally, ahead of Germans, Britons and even Americans in their obsession with blogs, the personal and public journals of the Internet age. Just why the French have embraced blogs more than most is anyone's guess, but explanations range from technical to historical and cultural. [...]

"With so many blogs, I'm hoping for fewer protests and strikes in Paris this fall," said Loïc Le Meur, a pioneer French blogger and European managing director of the blog-hosting company Six Apart. "If people can express themselves online, then maybe they don't need to block the streets." French blogs stands out in other measurable ways. They are noticeably longer, more critical, more negative, more egocentric and more provocative than their U.S. counterparts, said Laurent Florès, the French-born, New York-based chief executive of CRM Metrix, a company that monitors blogs and other online conversations on behalf of companies seeking feedback on their brands.  "Bloggers in the United States listen to each other and incorporate rival ideas in the discussion," he said. "French bloggers never compromise their opinions." [...]

"It is clear that in France we have very large egos and love to speak about ourselves," Le Meur said. "If you look at Germans or Scandinavians - off- line and on the Internet - they really don't talk about themselves." Historical explanations highlight the long French experience with online communication thanks to the Minitel, a text-based computer network that France Télécom popularized in the 1980s, well before most people had heard of the Internet. But blogs are having a greater effect on French society, said Jean-Michel Billaut, an adviser to BNP Paribas Bank on Internet issues. "The Minitel was a classic, centrally controlled and top-down creation of the French elite," Billaut said. "Blogs have been embraced by ordinary people, and this will flip the rigid power pyramid of French society." [...]
 
Griveaux, the director of Web strategy for Strauss-Kahn, reckons the popularity of blogs comes down to France being a nation where each and every citizen thinks he or she should be in charge. "We had 16 presidential candidates at the last election, and we will probably have the same number next year," Griveaux said. "Every French person wants to run the country - a blog is the next best option."
 
Voici un article trouvé sur le blog de Loïc Lemeur tiré du International Herald Tribune.
Cela me fait penser que la France est parfois un pays à part au niveau culturel => un peu comme en musique avec le Hip-Hop ou le Reggae, nous occupons une place un peu à part dans des mouvements planétaires... Pour une fois que les "Ricains" ne nous mettent pas en cause négativement ! 

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n'empêche que si je dirigeais le pays les choses iraient mieux

Ecrit par : Valery | 29.07.2006

PTDR...

Mais en bon démocrate tu ne tuerais pas tous ceux qui seraient en désaccord avec toi ?
Ou juste sur ton blog ?

T'imagines si on avait un Pt avec un blog ? La grosse blague ! Il ne pourrait rien y dire ou presque.
Dur de dire qu' "actuellement, le sable est chaud pendant qu'il fait moins 10 degré en France"...

Ecrit par : Fabien | 30.07.2006

très intéressant, merci.

Ecrit par : autourdesmatins | 30.07.2006

très intéressant, merci.

Ecrit par : autourdesmatins | 30.07.2006

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