As a student taking Issues in Publication and Design I look forward to enhancing my knowledge on weblogs through this assignment. It will assist me further in understanding publication and design techniques that I have studied throughout my course.
This post contains two types of classification in use. One is a generalized system and the other one is a more comprehensive system.
Simon, M. 2008, A Taxonomy of Blogs, provides the generalized system which contains 9 types of blogs.
They are
- · Phamphleteering blog
- · Digest blog
- · Advocacy
- · Popular Mechanics
- · Exhibition blog
- · Gatewatcher
- · Diary
- · Advertisement
- · News blog
Technical Talk (2010) provides a comprehensive classification. It is based on 4 types.
1) Types of blog content - Videolog, linklog, sketchlog, photoblog and Tumbleblog (mixed media format)
2) The device used to blog - Moblog which is blogging with a mobile phone or PDA’s.
3) Main subject discussed or genre – Like education, travel, music etc.
4) Legal status of the blog - Whether it is private, public, personal, corporate etc.
Proper classification of blogs together with the use of tag links, hyperlinks, forums chat space, and comment post etc. have facilitated the readers to be more interactive. Simon is of the view that the 9 types of classification are adequate and simple. This might be true for general readers but not in the case of those who need to read a blog for specific information.
Source ABC Radio National, www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport
References
Bowker, Geoffrey C. & Star, Susan Leigh, “ Sorting Things Out: Classifications and Its Consequences”, available at <www.amazon.com>
Lambe, Patrick, “Organising Knowledge, Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organizational Effectiveness”, available at <www.taxotips.com/resources/books/amazon.com>
Simon, M, 2008, “A Taxonomy of Blogs”, The Media Report, ABC TV viewed on 19 April 2011, available at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm
“The 8 different type of blogging in 2008” available at <http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/>
“Types of Blogs”, Technical Talk.net 2010, viewed on 21st April 2011, available at <http://www.technicaltalk.net/index.php/topic.95.0.html>
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