Friday, 2 May 2008

Classification of Blogs

Nowadays too many types of blog to be mentioned because from time to time the changing of contain and type of blog is getting more variable. In this section the writer tries to examine and devide the type of blog according to classification.

According to subject matter

According to device

  • Moblog

According to Nowwearetalking.com (2008) A moblog is a blog published to the internet from a phone or other mobile device. Moblogs postings usually include photos, and therefore are usually used in conjunction with camera phones. (e.g Jamie Oliver: Diary)

According to media type

  • Vlog : video-based journals posted online (e.g Howard Rheingold’s Vlog)
  • Linklog : a collection of URL (hyperlinks) that the maintainer considers interesting enough to collect. (e.g Fashion Blogs)
  • Sketchlog : blog which contains with sketch art work. (e.g Daily Sketchlog)
  • Tumblelog : is a variation of blogs which contains with photo, quotes, feature links, video. Usually, it is used for sharing author’s creations, discoveries or experiences. (e.g Anarchaia)

According to status of publisher

References

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