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BlogA New Genre?
What is common and what is different? Is blog a single genre or a variety of genres?
Types of blogs?
Is there difference between blog and website or is it the same thing?
Web Log → We blog → Blog:reverse chronological journaling (format);regular, date-stamped entries (timeliness);links to related news articles, documents,
blog entries within each entry (attribution);
archived entries (old content remains accessible);
links to related blogs (blogrolling);passion (voice)
Website↔ Weblogstatic ↔dynamicplanned ↔ spontaneousedited ↔ editing-freestandardized ↔ are not controlled within boundaries at all
closed for commentaries ↔ open for commentaries
Types of blogsBy function: personal vs corporate blogsBy content: political blogs, travel blogs
(travelogs), house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, classical music blogs, …
By media type: videologs (vlog), sketchblog, photoblog, typecasting (blogging)
By device: sousveillance, mobile blogs
Types of blogs according to the extent of their confessional nature:
Informative blogs: contain mostly facts and minimum personal information, have a fixed variety of topics discussed, their authors are the least passionate
Personal blogs: both public and intensely personal, seem to serve no immediate practical purpose, are addressed to everyone and at the same time to no one
What makes personal blog a separate genre?
existence of secondary authors (readers),
the importance of the opposition “trustworthy vs untrustworthy”
the possibility to create a number of various textual experiences
no completion
Blog as a variety of genres – a new media
Personal blog (=diary) – a new genre
Happy blogging!
Thank you for your attention!
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