On 3/27/06, Steve Block steve.block@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.