There are many varieties of blogs. They are classified according to the topics they cover and the focus of their post for their targeted audience. As mention on my previous post blogs are journals which address issues or comment by bloggers to their audience which are the blog readers.
Here are a list of type of blogs according to WordPress.com
• Personal: This is the most common blog which includes topic such as personal life, opinion, photos, family, health and politics
• Business: Professionals ranging from realtors to lawyers and stock brokers shares their ideas or business tips.
• Schools: Educational blog is a great way for teachers and students to collaborate on classroom projects.
• Non-profits: A Foundations, charities, and human rights group uses blog to raise awareness and money for their causes.
• Politics: Members of parliament, political parties, government agencies, and activists uses blog to connect with their constituencies.
• Military: Military blog report what they see happening in various parts of the world and to stay in touch with their families.
• Private: Some people make their blogs private to share photos and information within families, companies, or schools.
• Sports: There are teams, athletes, and fans using blogs to express and share their passion for various sports.
• How-to, tips and reviews: There are lots of blogs that share tips and reviews about cooking, games, music, books, movies, and so on.
(Source: http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/)
Margaret Simons Classification
Author and media anaylist Margaret Simons however classified blogs into 9 categories which is Pamphleteering, Digests, Advocacy, Popular Mechanics, Exhibition, Gate Watcher, Diary, Advertisements and lastly News. Explanation of these blogs can be view in http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript
Comparison?
The comparison between WordPress and Margaret Simons classification of blogs is that one classified blogs in a much more general way where else the other which is Margaret Simons classification is focus on the aim of the blogs. An example of a comparison of blogs is Wordpress.com’s political blogs and Margaret Simons Pamphleeteering blog.
My thoughts.
Classification of blog is link to the topic which is discussed most often. Very often we see blogs covering various topics which makes them difficult to identify which classification they belong to. In my opinion classification is determined by the consistency of their topic throughout their blogging period. A thought about the comparision made earlier, I think Wordpress classification is user friendlier compared to Margaret Simons classification because of its diversity of classification it covers. In my opinion classification system should cover a very vast topic because of the combinations of style of bloggers.
Reference List
Funnell, A.(2008) A taxonomy of blogs extracted in 13 April 2010 (online) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript
WordPress.com: Types of Blogs extracted in 13 April 2010 (online) http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
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