There are 6 types of blogs according to Wikipedia.org. The six are divided into personal, corporate, question, media, device, and genre. All six are divided not only by content but also how they are presented and delivered. Different types of blogs is how bloggging communities are created. Blogs ithe the same type of style or same interest could link with each other and create a blogging community.
techtarget.com defines a blogging community or blogosphere is created by bloggers working together in an interactive journalism environment.This is made possible by the symbiotic relationship made possible by links creating their own ecosystem.
An example of a blogging community is nufnang. This blogging community enables bloggers to connect and build communities with the same interest in local region. Nuffnang also enables bloggers to earn an income by becoming a base of advertisments from big companies.
The growing popularity of blogs has due to its multifuctional role on the Internet.Kress and Van Leeuwen (2006) suggest that the Internet gives a multimodalfunctions with modes such as written text, images, sounds, and other graphic elements. Bloggers are able to give their own opinions on specific topics and or become a diary on daily experiences The bloggers can also work together in one blog on particular issues and a type of forum.
Survey done by Pew Internet & American Life Project say that blog readership has increased to 58% and now stands 27% of Internet users. This survey was done during 2005 for information please visit http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/144/report_display.asp
Even though we live in a media overload environment, blogs are becoming a force to be reckoned with. C. Prius (2005) The reason why blogs have become so popular is because blogs has features which enables users to interact with the blogger. This ability to give almost immediate feedback by giving a comment makes this different from other media.
G. Perera (2008) Blogging has contributed by creating a powerful online communtiy. Bloggers are able to connect and link with each other who have the same views. Blogging also has helped countrys such as Malaysia give a new freedom of speech and has become new media. (Tan Tarn How 2008).
References
Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T 2006, Reading Images: Grammar of Visual Design, Routledge, London.
Tan Tarn Haw, 2008, New Media: Trends and Opportunities at the Menara Star, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, organize by the Asian Centre for Media Studies.
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