There are many types of blogs for different functionality and target audience. Hence, there are many ways to classify them.
According to Wikipedia (2009), these are the methods of classification:
By genre:
1. Art - ethelwenn
According to Wikipedia (2009), these are the methods of classification:
By genre:
1. Art - ethelwenn
2. Food - Eat First Think Later
3. Political - KAMAL-TALKS
3. Political - KAMAL-TALKS
4. Travel – Visit Malaysia
2. Photoblog (photo+blog) – The Sartorialist
By device:
1. Moblog (mobile phone+blog)
Another form of classification for blogs is by Steve Outing (2002):
By device:
1. Moblog (mobile phone+blog)
Another form of classification for blogs is by Steve Outing (2002):
1. Basic: a blog with single author writing on a specific topic.
2. Group: a blog with various authors contribute to a particular topic.
3. Family and friends: a group blog mainly for contributions from family and friends.
4. Collaborative: a group blog that allows anyone to join in and post.
And also categories like photo, audio, and cartoon blogs, community blogs, business/corporate/advertising blogs and knowledgebase blogs (k-blogs).
As for the taxonomy of blogs given by Margaret Simons (Funnell & Davies 2008), they are:
1. Pamphleteering blogs
2. Digest blogs
3. Advocacy blogs
4. Popular Mechanics blogs
5. Exhibition blogs
6. Gatewater blogs
7. Diary
8. Advertisement
9. News blogs
The reason for such diverse classification is due to the different background of the person forming the classification, like Margaret Simons, she is a media analyst, so her ways of categorising is more professional and intellectual as compared to Wikipedia and Outing, although it is the same idea. Also, target audience is another fact, like Wikipedia and Outing, the probable target audience are for all people regardless of their background and knowledge, hence the simplicity in the classification of blogs.
I opine that the classification of blogs should be as simple and direct as possible, as how Wikipedia and Outing described. This is because blogs are universal, as in everybody of all occupations, ages and knowledge background, blogs. So, the used of complicated jargons is an inappropriate approach to classify the types of blogs.
2. Group: a blog with various authors contribute to a particular topic.
3. Family and friends: a group blog mainly for contributions from family and friends.
4. Collaborative: a group blog that allows anyone to join in and post.
And also categories like photo, audio, and cartoon blogs, community blogs, business/corporate/advertising blogs and knowledgebase blogs (k-blogs).
As for the taxonomy of blogs given by Margaret Simons (Funnell & Davies 2008), they are:
1. Pamphleteering blogs
2. Digest blogs
3. Advocacy blogs
4. Popular Mechanics blogs
5. Exhibition blogs
6. Gatewater blogs
7. Diary
8. Advertisement
9. News blogs
The reason for such diverse classification is due to the different background of the person forming the classification, like Margaret Simons, she is a media analyst, so her ways of categorising is more professional and intellectual as compared to Wikipedia and Outing, although it is the same idea. Also, target audience is another fact, like Wikipedia and Outing, the probable target audience are for all people regardless of their background and knowledge, hence the simplicity in the classification of blogs.
I opine that the classification of blogs should be as simple and direct as possible, as how Wikipedia and Outing described. This is because blogs are universal, as in everybody of all occupations, ages and knowledge background, blogs. So, the used of complicated jargons is an inappropriate approach to classify the types of blogs.
References
Funnell, A & Davies, A 2008, A taxonomy of blogs, viewed 18 November 2009, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript.
Outing, S 2002, Weblogs: put them to work in your newsroom, viewed 18 November 2009, http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.6617/content.content_view.htm.
Wikipedia 2009, Blog, viewed 18 November 2009, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Types.
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