What is a blog? As stated by the website called “Blogger” ‘A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world. Your blog is whatever you want it to be.’ (Blogger 1999) There are many types of classification of blogs, for example classifying it by interest, hobbies, personal or organization. The table below will be comparing two classification systems of a blog.
Click here Margaret Simons classification system for more details.
The first classification system is by Margaret Simons who is an author and freelance journalist. She has a total of 9 types of blogs in her classification system which is shown above.
Click Shiva Chettri's classification system here for more details.
The second classification system is by from NetChunks Webmaster’s Magazine. She has a total of 5 types of blogs in her classification system which is also shown above.
These two classification system is somewhat similar, however Chettri’s system is classify simpler compare to the Simons. Although Chettri’s system is not as specific as Simons system, her system is easier to understand as she gathers the type and genre’s together. Chettri also provided types of blogs by device, which Simons did not mention in her system. The format given by Chettri is also easier to understand as she summarizes the explanation of blog types. While Simons format is based on a dialogue where she talks about the types of blogs. The readers would prefer reading a simplified text rather than reading a long dialogue as it is easier to digest or understand. However different individual has a different preference in classifying their blogs. Hence, one can classify their blogs by doing more research on other classification of blogs.
References:
2) Chettri, S 2011, What is Blogging? What Are The Different Types of Blogs?, viewed 21 August 2011, <http://www.netchunks.com/different-types-of-blogs/>.
3) Simons, M 2008, A taxamony of blogs, viewed 21 August 2011, <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript>.
3) Simons, M 2008, A taxamony of blogs, viewed 21 August 2011, <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript>.
Hi There Kay Kay, Its Shiva from Netchunks, Nice research about the classification of blogs, thanks for including my post in your article. Just to inform you, I am a He (male) and not a she and I would really want to ask you to rectify the mistake. Thanks a lot
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