A colloquial term for the group of authors that write, edit and publish blogs.

The idea that blogs and their authors form an ecosystem around which conversations occur.

Where rationality and measured discussions go to die.

See also: Bedlam

Other Definitions

Wikipedia,

Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. It is the perception that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected communities) or as a social network.

Dictionary.com,

a collective term for the world of weblogs, the community of all weblogs; also called blogsphere.

Citations

The Blogosphere Time Vortex,

“The blogosphere tends to look at itself from within a time vortex. It’s a world where this month’s ‘A-list’ blogger de jour is perceived as having they staying power of legends like Dan Rather. Since so many people enter and exit the conversation each day, we have a hard time remembering that the ’sphere looked quite different only a few years back.”

How To Save Blogging From Itself,

“This is an open letter to the blogosphere. I have decided to use this time to take a look at how blogging could fail, and what we can do to prevent it.”

Why Tech Media Cannot Go Mainstream,

“Tech journalists are constantly asking when we will hit the mainstream. They wonder how long it will be before the culture of blogosphere spills over into the real world. Many subscribe to the Utopian belief that the day when blogging supersedes mainstream media is upon us.”

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