Most people blog is to share their thoughts and views about their day or lives. Some even 'gossip' about politics and issues surrounding the community. Some people even blog to inform people about the latest issues,news and technology or better said current affairs. Some bloggers make blogging their profession and even became a celebrity through blogging.
A perfect example, Xia Xue who is one of the most famous blogger in Asia and also our very own Kenny Sia who has taken blogging to the ultimate level.
-genre of blogs-
There are a lot of different types of blogs available. Different blogs have different purpose for different kind of users and readers. These are the different types of blogs.
By Media:
- vlog
- linklog
- sketchlog
- photoblog
- tumblelogs
Blogs can also be differentiated by genres. there are a few genre which are :
- fashion blogs
- political blogs
- travel blogs
- niche blogs
- project blogs
The PHENOMENON of blogs.....
Blogs have become an integral part in the society today. Blogs are being used as a marketing tool in today's society. Prominent bloggers are now being sponsored or paid by corporate organizations to have their name, logo or products displayed at their blogs. This has become a effective way to boost publicity. Most bloggers use blogs to share their experience in life or a certain skill they have.For the youths, it is normal to have a blog and by having a blog they can keep in touch with their friends and the latest happenings in the world. As for business people and corporate organization, blogging is a way to communicate with their customer and also to receive feed backs and also to promote their latest product via blogging. It has become a successful tool for organizations to use blog as one their marketing tool.
The latest usage of blogs is that bloggers reports news that newspaper cant publish in their media. And some journalist acknowledges the bloggers news. The world is so big and there are new news happening every second. it is impossible for journalist to report or know the news. So bloggers are so called "part time journalist".
-the bloggers-
Bloggers are determined depending on their interest and purpose of using blogs. Therefore similar groups of bloggers form a community of their own. This bloggers in their own community share thoughts and gives opinions based on their personal views. By doing this they can update themselves with the current affairs. For political bloggers, they share their thoughts about the political scene in their nation.
As we all know that for some countries, it is defamation to talk about political stuff. As for sensitive issues to be discussed, people have the choice to enter the blogs pertaining sensitive issues. This is happening now in the world, where people talk about politicians. For example, the infamous Jeff Ooi who is recently charged with defamation. Jeff Ooi is famous for his views on Malaysia's political scene.
- print design VS online design -
Print design varies from online design. The reason it is design different because of the way people read it. According to Nielsen (2007), people read 25% slower online and therefore need the contents online to be half as short.On the other hand, print is more informative therefore readers can take their time to read. The reading pattern between print and online is also different. Online pattern is usually a 'F' where print is usually a 'Z' pattern. Therefore, the document layout is design according to the pattern.
The one thing that they have in common is the signifying system in the layout which are information value, salience and framing. both print and online practice this theory.
REFERENCES:
Dictionary.com, 2007, ‘Community’, viewed on 3 November 2007; [internet], http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community
Nielsen, J 2007, ‘Writing for web’, viewed 3 November 2007; [internet], http://www.sun.com/980713/webwriting/
Wikipedia.com, 2007, 'Types of Blogs', viewed 3 November 2007; [internet], http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs#Types
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