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Alexander VießThis article proposes a general model to analyze and compare different uses of the blog format. Based on ideas from sociological structuration theory, as well as on existing blog research, it argues that individual usage episodes are framed by three structural dimensions of rules, relations, and code, which in turn are constantly (re)produced in social action. As a result, "communities of blogging practices" emerge—that is, groups of people who share certain routines and expectations about the use of blogs as a tool for information, identity, and relationship management. This analytical framework can be the basis for systematic comparative and longitudinal studies that will further understanding of similarities and differences in blogging practices.
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Bill Guineedevelopment of communities of practice dealing with blogging - looks good. from forte syllabus
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Missy CliftonBlogging Practices: Analytical Framework
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a considerable body of research has been conducted on the uses and impact of blogs. Various authors have presented empirical findings on the sociodemographics of bloggers, as well as their motivations and habits (Herring, Scheidt, et al., 2005; Huffaker & Calvert, 2005; Lenhart & Fox, 2006; Nowson & Oberlander, 2006; Schmidt, 2007). According to these studies, the majority of blogs are of the personal journal type, which deals with the bloggers' personal experiences and reflections; within this group, female and teenage bloggers are in the majority. While the journal blog may evoke images of the solitary diary, it (as will be argued in more detail below) also facilitates interaction with other bloggers and readers, thus allowing for the emergence and sustaining of communities of shared interests and subcultural identification (Hodkinson, 2006; Wei, 2004
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The cited research already indicates that people make use of the format in various ways, contexts, and organizational settings. Given these differences, this article claims that we can speak about "the blog" only in a very general sense. As Bruns and Jacobs (2006) put it: "Our discussion of blogs, bloggers, and blogging must become more sophisticated; it makes as little sense to discuss the uses of blogs as it does to discuss, say, the uses of television unless we specify clearly what genres and contexts of use we aim to address" (p. 3). Although the studies mentioned provide valuable insights into specific uses, so far there has been no concise and systematic formulation of an analytical model of blogging practices that can integrate the varying motives, routines, and consequences of appropriation and usage of this new communicative genre. This article aims to contribute to a better and more complex understanding of blogs by presenting such a heuristic framework that is grounded both in ideas from general sociological theory and in existing blog research.1
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the majority of blogs are of the personal journal type, which deals with the bloggers' personal experiences and reflections; within this group, female and teenage bloggers are in the majority.
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) or as part of internal or external organizational communication through "corporate blogs" (Charman, 2006; Efimova & Grudin, 2007; Kaiser, Müller-Seitz, Pereira, & Pina, 2007; Kelleher & Miller, 2006).
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Are Halland"Schmidt, J. (2007). Blogging practices: An analytical framework. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 13."
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a new genre
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Given these differences, this article claims that we can speak about "the blog" only in a very general sense.
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analytical model of blogging practices
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this approach leads to the idea of blogging practices, which in the most general sense consist of individual episodes in which a blogger uses specific software to attain specific communicative goals.
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This article proposes a general model to analyze and compare different uses of the blog format. Based on ideas from sociological structuration theory, as well as on existing blog research, it argues that individual usage episodes are framed by three structural dimensions of rules, relations, and code, which in turn are constantly (re)produced in social action. As a result, "communities of blogging practices" emerge—that is, groups of people who share certain routines and expectations about the use of blogs as a tool for information, identity, and relationship management. This analytical framework can be the basis for systematic comparative and longitudinal studies that will further understanding of similarities and differences in blogging practices.
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