Classification & Opinion

Classifications of blogs & opinion about the most appropriate classification approach

Classification of blogs

Types & Genre

In today’s blogging world, there are many types of blog that exists; which are commonly viewed in Malaysia. Below are some of the types and genres of certain blog with screen shots for some blogs.

- Government’s Blog
o Politician and public figures connecting with the public

- Personal Blogs
o Ongoing diaries and journal of personal life

- Corporate Blogs
o Fully businesses purposes to promote communication corporately

- Media type of Blogs
o Contains mostly videos, photos and links

- Travel Blogs
o Guide to travel locally or around the world

- Shop Blog
o Selling and buying of items from clothes to car parts

- Information Blog
o Giving out information on anything that the public wants

- Photo Blog
o All posts are mostly on photographs by amateur and pro photographers


- And other blogs which are not locally looked into as well as, what readers want to see

Media Type

- Vlog


(Video Blog, a larger number of audience and fully video blog)

- SketchBlog


(Daily updates of drawings or cartoons online)

- Photoblog


(A blog specifically for photographs)

MoBlog


- Only photos and videos taken directly from mobile phone can be uploaded on this blog

Reference List

Moblog, N.A, camera phone mobile blogging community, retrieved on 25 September 2009, http://moblog.net/home/

Vlogblog, N.A, Vlogging Video Blogging, retrieved on 25 September 2009, http://www.vlogblog.com/


Smith. T, 2006, Power to The People, Social Media Tracker Wave 3, Universal McCann

Crosby. C, 2009, Technorati's Stae of the Blogosphere 2009, viewed on 25 September 2009, http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/09technoratis-state-of-the-blogosphere-2009/

Today's Blogging World and it's Benefits

Blog as current phenomenon & benefits to the community

Current phenomenon of blogging

A look into the digital world today, blog is now the biggest online phenomenon as a mainstream media. People who blogs are called “bloggers”, and right now, there are thousands of blogs on the net. (Dvorak, 2002) Technorati reported that 100,000 new blogs is created every day and 1.3 million blog post written. (BBC, 2006)

Blogging has bloomed widely since the beginning of internet, across the world until here in Malaysia, where it has become a trend to have one today. The reason why people are using blog today is because of the easy access of any site that supplies free blog sites, as well as cheap to maintain, or some bloggers earn money by blogging with selling items or posting advertisements by companies and getting paid for it another is also expressing what they want without anyone stopping.

Benefits to the community

With blogging, it has been created a closer bond between people. For example, government with the public; Malaysia for example, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has a blog where he shares his ideas and interact with the people with feedback from them. Other parts of the world are doing the same as well, to gain public’s confidence and transparency in the government.

Malaysian media system is under the authoritarian theory, a blog is the best medium to express a person’s thoughts and feelings with no editors controlling. Even so, the public decides what they want to see at the end.

BBC, 2006, Blogging ‘set to peak next tear’, retrieved on 17 September 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6178611.stm

Dvorak, J.C, 2002, The Blog Phenomenon, retrieved on 17 September 2009, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,12899,00.asp

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, 1Malaysia, viewed on 17 September 2009, http://www.1malaysia.com.my/

Crosby. C, 2009, Technorati’s Stae of the Blogsosphere 2009, viewed on 17 September 2009, http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/09/technoratis-state-of-the-blogosphere-2009/

Document Design

What makes a good document?


In forms of writing to the views and liking of the audiences is what makes partial of a good document. Based on the presentation slides by my group, which the presentation title was Learning for doing: Interpreting static texts via rhetorical analysis, by Todd Oakley. There are certain improvements to make the presentation much better after learning from readings given.


- the old presentation -

- a better version of slides -

According to Reep, 2006, a document design refers to “the physical appearance of a document”. Where document designs are things to consider as well making the document much more presentable. As a result, “a good document design helps readers read efficiently, emphasizes the most important contents and encourages readers to feel good about a communication” (Putnis et.al, 1996).


- example of old slide -


- new slides with better design and view -

While another change that can be made to the presentation will be suiting the audiences. The primary audience will be the lecturer while secondary fellow classmates, therefore, changes have to be made to accommodate both audiences with their needs, the accessibility of the information, and their reaction upon it. (Putnis et.al, 1996) The lecturer has already known about the topics and readings, therefore we have to think out of the box to give the lecturer something worth her time and listening for. That is why; adding more examples or scenarios can help better understanding and clearer explanation to both audiences.

Reference;

Putnis & Petelin, 1996, Professional communication : principles and applications, Writing to communicate, Ch. 7.

Reep, Diana C., 2006, Technical writing :Document design, Ch. 6.

Olshavsky, R, Six Tips for Improving Your Document Design, accessed on 11th September 2009, http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/six_tips_for_improving_your_design_documentation

Purpose of the creation of the weblog

This blog is created specifically for an assignment based course work, having in mind to include studies that were taught and readings that was presented in classes. This blog makes off with target audience which are students taking the similar subject or other interested students.