This document summarizes a study on adolescent diary blogs and who their posts are addressing. It defines what makes a blog a diary blog and how they differ from paper diaries. It also defines adolescence and cites studies showing a large percentage of bloggers are adolescents. The document then analyzes diary blogs through the framework of personal narrative performance and Langellier's typology of personal narrative audiences, which include witness, therapist, cultural theorist, narrative analyst, and critic. The rest of the document provides examples of blog posts that fit each audience type and outlines future areas of research.

1. The Adolescent Diary Blog and Its External Audience: Who Are Posts Addressing? Lois Ann Scheidt School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) Indiana University

11. As a witness testifying to the experience Available: http://www.skybeat.net/

14. As a therapist unconditionally supporting emotions Available: http://bellissima-x.com/

17. As a cultural theorist assessing the contestation of meanings, values, and identities in the performance Available: http://anonymuse.blogspot.com/

20. As a narrative analyst examining genre, truth or strategy Available: http:// www.martinbourqui.com/home.htm

23. A critic appraising the display of performance knowledge and skill Available: http://www.jezzy.homestead.com/read.html