The main argument in this article that academics should engage with blogging but should do so mindful of its problems – is valid and an important one. However, we also need to place blogging in its historical context of work on Internet activism and public geographies and relate it to the current rising trend for geographers to employ other social media such as Twitter. While I support and encourage the use of social media, and the public and policy engagement it facilitates, it also pushes geographers to become more like journalists – a move we should approach critically and with caution.
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