Friday, October 2, 2009

Blogging, Creating and One Community

Blogging Community, Creating a Blogging Community and One Blogging Community

Blogging community is where bloggers that has common and specific interest blogs or also interaction between readers and bloggers. According to Nancy White (2006) in recent years, the ascendancy of blogs has introduced a new platform for communities.

There are three parts of blogging community as stated by Blogs and Community readings.

- Bounded communities – collection of blog hosts on a single site or known as social networking

- Topic centric community – communities grouped together with same/shared interest

- One blog centric community – an interaction and relationship between primary blogger and people around them.


Creating

With this three parts, one can create a blog by firstly knowing what genre or type they want to do, then registering on a free domain for blogs. The World Wide Web (www) has many informations on all types of blog, once a blog is created, links of other sites, postings, tagging of other people and also comments can be commented by readers and also be replied to.

One Blogging Community

Shown above are the types and parts of blogging communities. Using one blog centric community as an example; which our Ex-Prime Minister is currently doing. Tun Mahathir, Malaysian’s ex-premier is connecting with the public still, by using his blog. Interaction of all races as he uses two common languages in Malaysia. Notes or comments send to him are being replied from time to time. That is part of blogging community of a primary blogger and those around them.

Reference List

White. N, 2006, Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community? 11th edition, http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed's Blog; http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

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