It's amazing how blogs these days have become part of the media. People tend to read blogs like political blogs to know the real surrounding and happening and read fashion blogs to know about the latest trends and style as well. Harper (n.d) also mentioned that weblogs, or blogs have become one of the latest forms of online communication to gain a widespread of popularity and notoriety.It has became a place for storytelling in the Internet. For me, creating this weblog was not an easy task to commence as there are many requirements to considerate. According to Penman ( 1998), a document's functionality is dependent on its structure matching with the reader's bits, expectations and context of use. Hence, i have gained much knowledge that is it important to know to send out the right message to the right targeted audiences with the right structure. At the same time, I have also acknowledge that document design also plays an important role in creating this weblog, whether does it attracts the reader to continue reading it or it restrains reader to read it. Hence, it is challenging task for me to create this weblog as well.
According to Barone (2009) , a good blogger always find ways to challenge the readers. . Being able to communicating with our readers and audience is an essential role as a blogger. Therefore, being a blogger is about being interesting, being considerate and respect the readers as we. Moreover, las culture and and religion is an sensitive issue, thus as a blogger I have acknowledge that it is better to avoid such issue in order to create more controversy. .
Besides that, document design also plays a part in fulfilling Penman's theory.According to Reep (1996), document design refers to the physical appearances. In order to create a good document design, Wheildon (1990) mention that there must be a balance between forms and functions. Penman (1998) stated that a good document design requires both forms a functions. This is because Form is the elements that make up the designs and the pages. However, functions are the objective of the design whether it is to educate, entertain or to impress the audiences. (Bear, 2011). Through creating this blog , i have learned to inserted a lot of white space for my magazine spread and fact sheet so that it attracts the reader’s eye and it creates a clean and relaxing visual effect. Josh (2009) also emphasize that white space is an important visual tactics to be include in magazine spread and fact sheet design. Hence, it is crucial and essential for all document designers to take note of all the issues in order to design good and reliable document design.
In conclusion, there are many requirement that is needed to be considerate while create a document design. Parker ( 1990) mentioned that the most common principle that every designers will consider would be balance, proportion, sequences and consistency .Hence, As a blogger we must make sure that we send out the right message and we have a design that attracts readers to continue reading without feeling tired and bored.
References List.
1. Penman. R, 1998, Document Structures and Reader's Habits, Communication News, vol.11, no.2, pp.10-11
2. Reep. DC, 1996, Techincal Wrriting : principles, Strategies and Readings, 3rd edn. Allyn and Bacpon, Boston.
3. Wheildon. C, 1990, Communicating or Just making pretty Shapes : A study of the Validity, Srd edn, Newspaper Advertising Bureau of Australia, North Sydney.
4. Harper. C, n.d, Blogging and Journalism Practice, Temple University.
5. Barona. L, 2009, Defining the Role Of Blogger, viewed on 9th November 2011, http://outspokenmedia.com/blogging/defining-the-role-of-a-blogger/
6. Bear. J, 2011, Form and Function in Design and Publishing, viewed on 18th October 2011, <http://desktoppub.about.com/od/graphicdesign/a/formfunction.html
7. Josh. A, 2009, The Science of White Space in Design, viewed on 18th October 2011, <http://www.inspiredm.com/white-space/>
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Copyright Much?
As an university student, we are always concern on whether our work is been plagiarized by others or are we going to be get caught plagiarizing other's people work as well. This is because plagiarism is considered to be a very serious offense and issue in the university education. Assignments and assessments always required us to do research and quote other researcher's work. According to the University fo Pretocria (2003), it was stated that plagiarism is an unethical and illegal action because it shows the disrespect for the rights of the original author and it may tarnish the University's reputation as well. Therefore it is crucial to cite and credit the researchers from the original source that is taken .
(Source by Publishing Connect)
In the article Copyrighted Material: Fair and Unfair Use by Florence Pichon (2011), she stated that every since the advent of the world wide web there has been a confusion and a blurred line between copyrighted and free content. This is because recently Righthaven, a company that is specialize in copyrighting litigation have filed a sued law towards Wayne Hoehn because Hoehn had reduced the number of Revie - Journal site after posting an article at his website. However, Righthaven has failed to sued Hoehn because he does not have enough of venture in the argument to fil such law sued. Though Pichon (2011) stated that the fair and use defense allows for copyrighted material to be reposted however according to the Standford Legal Office (2002) there is a limit in publishing and copying an original source without the acknowledgement of the author itself. Thus, even Pichon (2011) herself mentioned in the article that journalists must be meticulous with the material they use as they'll be suspended if they plagiarized other's work.
( Source by Electic & Eccentric)
West and Game (1999) also mentioned that in the issues of authorship , duplicate publication and plagiarism in any form of scientific journalism papers can cause considerable conflict among the members of research teams references list. Therefore, i strongly believe that citing and crediting an author's work is crucial in order to avoid such complication.
(Source by Instructify)
In conclusion, it is important to know the rules and regulation of the online plagiarism and practice ethical publishing. So that in the future, we can assure the integrity of the peer review process , and the integrity of articles which are published as a result of that process. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2011).
References List
1. University of Pretoria, 2003, Why is Plagiarism an serious offense, viewed on 6th November 2011, <http://upetd.up.ac.za/authors/create/plagiarism/serious.htm>
2. Standford Legal Offices, 2002, Copyright Law and Fair Issue, viewed on 6th November 2011, < http://www-sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html>
3. West. M and Game. A, 1999, Principle of Writing, Organisation of Studies, Ashton Business School, viewed on 6th November 2011, < http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/psy_research/documents/BPS%20Principles%20of%20Publishing%20-%20Authorship,%20Duplicate%20Publication,%20Plagiarism,%20etc.pdf>
4. Taylor and Francis Group, 2011 , Ethical Publishing, viewed on 6th November 2011, <http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/corporateResponsibility/ethicalPublishing/>
5. Pichon. F, 2011, Copyrighted Material: Fair and Unfair, viewed on 6th November 2011, < http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2011/06/copyrighted_material_fair_and_unfair_use.php>
Gender Equality
When i was in high school, i used to study history and used to realized how women was treated way back decades ago. It does gave me a culture shock whereby people back in the early days will do whatever it takes to outcast and discriminate the women. Actions such as killing and buried a new born baby alive if it's a girl, women were not allow to inherit any will from the family, they are not allow to received any form education and many more. They were practically treated like slave. However, as times goes by, such traditional is no longer practiced , till now as well. However, gender equality is still not fully practiced in today's life. What women suppose to do and be like and what women is not suppose to do and be like still lives in everyone's perception of women. Ivone (2011) mentioned that women can be like men and should be like men as well. Despite the woman cannot match the physical strength of a man however they are capable in handling finance, DIY fixtures and fittings and even capable of being a single parents as well.
(Source by Snap Shot)
Recently , there was an incident happen regarding to Orthodox Jewish paper apologies to the White House for deleting Hilary Clinton and Audrey Tomason pictures in the newspaper during the monitoring of the raid by the navy Seals that killed Osama bin Laden. In the article, according to Di Tzeitung, it was said that the readers believed that women should be appreciated for who they are and what they do , not for what they look like. However, according to Jprof (2011), it was stated that photojournalist is replete from Lester (1999), he stated that the number two rule of the photojournalism ethic is to not change the picture. Pictures should be stand as they are shot.Jprof (2011) also state that in the code of ethics of the National Press Photographers Association, one of the ethics is that photographer have to be complete and provide full context when photographing subjects and try avoiding any form of stereotype and bias towards an individual.
The Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Version
The White House version
Reep (2006, p 153) mentioned that a photograph must be clear and focus on the pertinent item because it provides a surface view of an object or event. Therefore, i personally feel and believe that the Orthodox Jewish newspaper publisher should never have remove both Hilary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from the picture itself. Despite it is their culture that believes women should be known for what they do not what they look however they should inform that the picture is being digitally altered.
( Source by Scripps Media Ethics)
In conclusion, there are danger in manipulating a photograph especially when it is related to the White House. Lester (2011) quoted Howard Chapnick (1982) and stated that credibility and responsibility are words that give right to call photography a profession rather than a business. Therefore, photojournalists should be concerned about the consequences of manipulating a picture. This is because once the threat to credibility is irreversible, public will start to lost trust on the news photograph.
References List
1. Lester.P.M, 1999, Chapter Six : Picture Manipulations, Photojournalism An Ethical Approach, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/chapter6.html>
2. Ivone , 2011, Role of Women In Today's Society, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://www.polishmarriage.org/Stories/women-society.html>
3. Jprof, 2011, Photojournalism Ethics, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://www.jprof.com/photojn/photojn-ethics.html>
3. Reep. D ( 2006), Technical Writing : Document Design , Person Publication, Ed. 6, pp 133- 172.
Is e-book really that effective ?
When I was young, I used to think that reading notes from textbooks and references book is the most convenient way of studying. I guess partially is because I was brought up in the era where books are the most common and essential tool for the education system in school.Therefore, it wasnt a problem reading notes from textbook and references books. Moreover, mainly is because I find it easy to read it straight from the book and it allows me to underline , draw highlight and sketch whatever that comes into my mind on the book. However, as technologies are getting better each days, is hard for us to always stay at our comfort zone, According to Weiner (2011) , she mention that in many school nationwide. educators are transitioning from old-school textbooks to electronic versions.
Although e-books is known for its convenience and efficiency, however it is known in having a slower path to catch up with the commercial e-books in term of print experience. Alexa (2011) mention in the article that it's not a surprise that e-book have been slower to catch to commercial e-books is because one thing about e-book is it does not allow highlighting, no notes in the margin and no dog-eared corner to mark a spot as compared to an actual book. According to Penman (1998), a document’s functionality is dependent on its structure matching readers’ habits, expectations and context of use. However, now with e-books provider like CourseSmart and Inkling, it has allows student or readers to look and read in the same way with printed textbook at a slow pace. This statement was said by the CMO of CourseSmart , Jill Ambrose who stated that CourseSmarrt enables all students, whether they are using a digital or print edition, to literally be on the same page. In the article, Alexa also claims that e-textbooks are going to take off in the next decade.
Walsh (2006, p24) mentioned multimodal text inthat reading through an electronic and digital screen there are added combinations of movement and sound. Walsh also quoted Kress (1996), Health (2000) and Beame (2003) and stated that the screen and multimodal texts have developed a new literacy for the student. I personally feel that, e-books in the tablets form are so much like a normal textbook that you bring to school everyday, but with more function and efficiency. It is handy where you can carry an e-book that is equivalent to 300 pages of textbook. So much more lighter, handy and easy accessible,
In conclusion, there are advantage and disadvantages when it comes toe-books. Some people may still prefer reading and looking through the old and traditional way and yet some may want to catch up with the latest trend and technology.However, each form has its own benefit to an individual. I personally still thinks that e-books has make it easier for me in terms of education.
References List
1. Weiner. H, 2011, Tablet versus Textbook, viewed on 4th November 2011, <http://www.michiganreview.com/archives/3314>
2. Walsh. M, 2006, The "textual shift":Examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 29, no.1, pp.24-37.
3. Alexa. C, 2011,How E-textbooks, Online Modules Could Keep Journalism Education Current. viewed on 5th November 2011,
4. Penman, R 1998, Document structures and readers’ habits, Communication news, vol.11, no. 2, pp. 10-11.
( Source by fashion addict girl)
Although e-books is known for its convenience and efficiency, however it is known in having a slower path to catch up with the commercial e-books in term of print experience. Alexa (2011) mention in the article that it's not a surprise that e-book have been slower to catch to commercial e-books is because one thing about e-book is it does not allow highlighting, no notes in the margin and no dog-eared corner to mark a spot as compared to an actual book. According to Penman (1998), a document’s functionality is dependent on its structure matching readers’ habits, expectations and context of use. However, now with e-books provider like CourseSmart and Inkling, it has allows student or readers to look and read in the same way with printed textbook at a slow pace. This statement was said by the CMO of CourseSmart , Jill Ambrose who stated that CourseSmarrt enables all students, whether they are using a digital or print edition, to literally be on the same page. In the article, Alexa also claims that e-textbooks are going to take off in the next decade.
( Source By Dclab)
Walsh (2006, p24) mentioned multimodal text inthat reading through an electronic and digital screen there are added combinations of movement and sound. Walsh also quoted Kress (1996), Health (2000) and Beame (2003) and stated that the screen and multimodal texts have developed a new literacy for the student. I personally feel that, e-books in the tablets form are so much like a normal textbook that you bring to school everyday, but with more function and efficiency. It is handy where you can carry an e-book that is equivalent to 300 pages of textbook. So much more lighter, handy and easy accessible,
( Source by Bp Blogspot)
In conclusion, there are advantage and disadvantages when it comes toe-books. Some people may still prefer reading and looking through the old and traditional way and yet some may want to catch up with the latest trend and technology.However, each form has its own benefit to an individual. I personally still thinks that e-books has make it easier for me in terms of education.
References List
1. Weiner. H, 2011, Tablet versus Textbook, viewed on 4th November 2011, <http://www.michiganreview.com/archives/3314>
2. Walsh. M, 2006, The "textual shift":Examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 29, no.1, pp.24-37.
3. Alexa. C, 2011,How E-textbooks, Online Modules Could Keep Journalism Education Current. viewed on 5th November 2011,
4. Penman, R 1998, Document structures and readers’ habits, Communication news, vol.11, no. 2, pp. 10-11.
Racism
Malaysia has always been well-known as a multicultural country in terms of race, food, culture and clothing as well. We have in total of three different races , which consist of Malay, Chinese and Indian, living under one roof. It is a harmony country whereby everyone respects each other norms, race and culture. Everyone has it own races and religion to follow and obey. Gudeman (2002) stated that Malaysian have successful achieve its goal to established a multicultural society that composed of three different races that have three traditionally isolated and mutually distrustful cultural group. Therefore, it is important to know the limits and boundaries of every single races and religion in order to avoid conflict and further complications.
( Source by Ingrid's Notes)
Despite Malaysia is a harmony multicultural country, however there are still racism issue going around. Recently, Media Prima aired a Ramadan advertisement that has lead to a major disappointment to the citizen , especially to those non-Muslim citizen. In the article written by Yow (2011) mentioned that the advertisement was critiquing about how chinese act and behave during the Ramadan period. Stating that "Chinese" girl eats in the public, wearing revealing clothing and being loud and obnoxious during the Muslin fasting. No doubt, the advertisement have received much complains and critics from the citizen thus Media Prima had no choice but to immediately removed and take down the three Ramadan advertisement. It is crucial to know when to post and air such controversial subject like race at the right time with the right content. The China Papers (2011) indicates that situational context and cultural context have a profound impact on translating activities. The papers future elaborate that it is important because it plays a role in manifesting characters' status , identity and to understand the original texts in order to fit the expectation of the readers as well.
( Source by Issues)
Moreover, it is the truth that different culture perceived a subject differently. This is highly to related to the advertisement as well. I personally felt that, the advertisement have offended alot of chinese citizen in specifically. According to Foley (1997), the media itself is a social communication that have an enormous influence everywhere. Hence, the media should have considerate the consequences before putting out the advertisement this is because the mass media like television is a pervasive and powerful tool in shaping the behavior and attitude of the world.
(Source by Hornbill Unleashed)
In conclusion, race is a sensitive issue to touch on and to critic on as well. Therefore, it is important to respect everyone's race and religion so that the world would be a better place.
References List
1.Gudeman.R.H, 2002, Multiculturalism in Malaysian : Individual Harmony, Group Tension, viewed on 6th November 2011, < http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1274&context=macintl&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.my%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dmulticulturalism%2520in%2520malaysia%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CCEQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdigitalcommons.macalester.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1274%2526context%253Dmacintl%26ei%3DdEi2Tq74GY_qrQe3hPDZAw%26usg%3DAFQjCNEHkS-u8XDX9AX3tgGbY39XRNHjyA#search=%22multiculturalism%20malaysia%22
2. The China Papers, 2011, The Influences of Situational Context and Cultural Context on English- Chinese Translation - A case study of Fu Donghua's Tanslation of Gone with the Wind, viewed on 6th November 2011, <http://mt.china-papers.com/2/?p=247980>
3. Foley. J. P, 1997, Ethical in Advertising, viewed on 6th November 2011, <http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_doc_22021997_ethics-in-ad_en.html>
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Screen vs Print Document Design
When it comes to comparing both screen document and print document, there are few differences when it comes to the concept and style of design. According to Hilligoss and Howard (2002) they differentiate both document by saying the basic design element of print documents is the page; that of electronic documents is the screen. The example used for both print and screen document is the newspaper and my weblog.
Traditionally people emphasis on print for literacy however now ' the screen' has completely change the development of communication.(Kress Van Leeuwen, 1996). Kress Van Leeuwen (1996) also mentioned that the world represented visually in the screens of the 'new media' is a differently constructed world to the densely printed pages of the print media. Therefore, Nielson (1999) have list down three main consideration of designing , which involve layout and writing strcuture, for the screen document and print diocument.
1. Dimensionality
Print document- For print design like newspaper, they are 2 dimensional document design. This is because print docuement design make it posssible for the readers to turn to the pages that they desire. It is convenient for the reader when it comes to a point where they could chooce which session and which page they would like to read. Print document are usually design in a large canvas, which typically a fixed size for it
Screen document - As for web design like web page, there are different from print design because web document are usually 1- dimensional design or a N-dimensional design. In contrast to print design, users or readers does not need to turn the pages because web design allows the users to scroll within the page given. Moreover, the placement of the elements on the web also goes againt the nature of HTMlL and the pages are ablw to adjust based on diferent window sizes.
2. Navigation
Print document - Page turning usually consists in the naviagtion of print documents lieke magazine , newspaper and pamphlets. It is one the benefits for the print medium because it is an ultre-simple user interface for the readers and users themselves.
Screen document - However for screen design, hypertext navigation is a major and vital compoent of web design. This is because moving around is what the Web is all about. Hypertext navigation requires the appearances of links , visualization of a location and information architecture.
3, Response Time, Resolution and Canvas Size
Print document- When is comes to speed, print document is ways fatser as compared to web page. This is because teh reader or users does nto need to wait for the web page to finish loading and all they can do it to flip the pages at any time they like. Moreover, according to Nielson (2006) he stated that the type fo image quality and the space provide by the print document is better as compared to the screen document.
Screen document - As for screen document the web designer have less control over what the users can actually see as compared to print document. This is because the print document has a fix and standard canvas size however screen document doesnt. This is partially effect by whether did the user minimized the software or the system or the fonts used by the users. ( Hilligoss and Howard, 2002).
References List
1. Nielson, J. 1999, Differences between wed design and print design, viewed on 23th August 2011,http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html
2. Walsh. M, 1996, Reading visual and multimodal text : How is reading different? , viewed on 23th August 2011, http://www.literacyeducators.com.au/docs/Reading%20multimodal%20texts.pdf
3, Hilligoss and Howard, 2002, Visual Communication : A writer's guide, viewed on 23th Auguist 2011, http://www.ablongman.com/mycomplab_content/pdf/long_hilligoss.pdf
4. Kress, G, van Leeuwen, T 2006, 'Chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication', Reading images: the grammar of visual design, 2nd edn, Routledge, London.
Traditionally people emphasis on print for literacy however now ' the screen' has completely change the development of communication.(Kress Van Leeuwen, 1996). Kress Van Leeuwen (1996) also mentioned that the world represented visually in the screens of the 'new media' is a differently constructed world to the densely printed pages of the print media. Therefore, Nielson (1999) have list down three main consideration of designing , which involve layout and writing strcuture, for the screen document and print diocument.
1. Dimensionality
Print document- For print design like newspaper, they are 2 dimensional document design. This is because print docuement design make it posssible for the readers to turn to the pages that they desire. It is convenient for the reader when it comes to a point where they could chooce which session and which page they would like to read. Print document are usually design in a large canvas, which typically a fixed size for it
Screen document - As for web design like web page, there are different from print design because web document are usually 1- dimensional design or a N-dimensional design. In contrast to print design, users or readers does not need to turn the pages because web design allows the users to scroll within the page given. Moreover, the placement of the elements on the web also goes againt the nature of HTMlL and the pages are ablw to adjust based on diferent window sizes.
2. Navigation
Print document - Page turning usually consists in the naviagtion of print documents lieke magazine , newspaper and pamphlets. It is one the benefits for the print medium because it is an ultre-simple user interface for the readers and users themselves.
Screen document - However for screen design, hypertext navigation is a major and vital compoent of web design. This is because moving around is what the Web is all about. Hypertext navigation requires the appearances of links , visualization of a location and information architecture.
3, Response Time, Resolution and Canvas Size
Print document- When is comes to speed, print document is ways fatser as compared to web page. This is because teh reader or users does nto need to wait for the web page to finish loading and all they can do it to flip the pages at any time they like. Moreover, according to Nielson (2006) he stated that the type fo image quality and the space provide by the print document is better as compared to the screen document.
Screen document - As for screen document the web designer have less control over what the users can actually see as compared to print document. This is because the print document has a fix and standard canvas size however screen document doesnt. This is partially effect by whether did the user minimized the software or the system or the fonts used by the users. ( Hilligoss and Howard, 2002).
References List
1. Nielson, J. 1999, Differences between wed design and print design, viewed on 23th August 2011,http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html
2. Walsh. M, 1996, Reading visual and multimodal text : How is reading different? , viewed on 23th August 2011, http://www.literacyeducators.com.au/docs/Reading%20multimodal%20texts.pdf
3, Hilligoss and Howard, 2002, Visual Communication : A writer's guide, viewed on 23th Auguist 2011, http://www.ablongman.com/mycomplab_content/pdf/long_hilligoss.pdf
4. Kress, G, van Leeuwen, T 2006, 'Chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication', Reading images: the grammar of visual design, 2nd edn, Routledge, London.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
New Forms of Media Publishing
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The emergence of new media has lead the world to become a more modernize and well developed country. Users are constantly communicating and receiving latest update through the new media device. Naughton (2006) also said that the combination of digital convergence, personal computing and global networking seems to have caught up that pace of development and is giving rise to a drastic shift in the environment.
According to Naughton (2006), this media ecosystem will eventually be more diverse and immeasurably more complex because of the number of content producers, the speed of the communication between two people and the pace of development made possible by omnipresent networking. The content producers are usually known as the productive user or producers that engaged in the act of produsage. (Podusage.org). Productive users are users who participate strongly on both personal use and communal content.
There are various platforms for new media publishing like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr and Youtube. One of the new platforms in new media publishing that would be further discussed would be Youtube. Youtube is a new media publishing where it allows people all across the globe to upload and share their feeling and thought through a video rather then writing it down. In the year 2006, Youtube has become the 5th most popular web destination with a drastic increased by 500% in UK. (Plunkett, 2006).
Everyone is able to access and see first-hand video on current events based on their interest and hobbies. (Crunchbase, 2009). Moreover, the people themselves could also upload their videos easily on their blogs, mobile and emails effectively and efficiently.
References List
1. Leena, 2011, New Forms of Media Publishing, viewed on 19th August 2011, <http://leennaquiah.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/new-forms-of-media-publishing/>
2. Geeta, 2010, Global Village, viewed onhttp://geeta-ariani.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-forms-of-media-publishing_02.html
3. Naughton.J, 2006, Blogging and teh emerging media ecosystem, viewed on 19 August 2011, <http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/discussion/blogging.pdf>
4. Produsage, n.d, Key Principles, viewed on 19 August 2011, <http://produsage.org/node/11>
5. Crunchbase, 2009, Youtube, viewed on 17 August 2011, <
6. Plunkett, J, 2006, The Rise and rise of Youtube, viewed on 17 August 2011, <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/sep/14/media.newmedia>
Types of Blogging Communities and Methods to Build Blogging Communities
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Blogging communities are commonly acknowledged as a social network that strengthens the communication and connections among various groups of people sharing a similar interest. (Kinkekdei, 2007).It’s easy to form a blogging community. What it needed to be done is an administrator needs to register or establish a new blog community and sign in other members and feed their weblogs through an RSS-Feed.
Nancy White (2006) describes the blogging communities into three types. This consists of The Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community, the Central Connecting Topic Community and the Boundaries Community.
1) The Single Blog/ Blogger Centric Communities
This blog based community is known as the very first form of blogging community where a blog is only own by one owner or organization. Through this blog-based community, readers are allowed to comment and meeting others commenters that comments on the blogger’s site. According to David (2006), he mentioned that blogs personally defined space. The blog owner has the central control over this community. (Nancy. 2006). Once the blog owner decides to take down the blog, the community would most probably traumatize. However, the good side of this community is that the blog owner get to know his or hers commenters and in the same time commenters themselves hget to know each other as well. It is a good way to bring people around the world together. Example like Dawn Yang, is a Singaporean famous celebrity blogger that blogs about her daily personal life.
2) The Central Connecting Topic Community
This blog-based community is a network formation. (Nancy, 2006). These forms of community are linked together based on the common passion andtopic. Blogs like food blogs, travel blogs, political blogs are usually blogs that attracts a large number of readers to read their blog. Besides that, in topic centric communities, both power and identity is distributed across the community. The appearances of the community do not rise or fall on one blog. ( David, 2006). Hyperlinks in the form of blogroll, link to other blogs within a blog posts, tagging, RSS-Feed are what links them among each other. Researchers kike Anjewjerden (2005), Vande Moere 2006) have been using tools to analyze post contents and interlinking structures because many bloggers don’t realize how their blogs fit into a larger network. (Nancy, 2006). Example like Global Voices is a blog community that aggregates the blogs from developing countries in an effort to get the mainstream media to pay attention to issues in their country.
3) The Boundaries Community
Nancy (2006) mentioned that these blog-based communities are collections of blogs and blog readers that hosted a single site or a platform. Members that were given a chance to create a new blog are often members that register and join the community. For instance, MySpace.com, Yahoo 360, and Share Your Stories are examples of the Boundaries Blog. Communities like this commonly use blogs as parts of their ecosystem. Bloggers can easily access to other blogs therefore they do not necessarily need RSS-Feed and cross linking in this community. Moreover, these communities also uses tools as discussion board, social networking and instant message to build in. (Nancy, ibid). For example Share Your Story, is a site that was starting out as a discussion boar based community for parent with babies then later changed into a blogging community. Parent can share their own personal stories about their babies and also get to know other community as well.
The picture above shows a personal website of a Fashion blogger , Rumi Neely. Her blog falls under the Single Blogger/ Blogger Centric Community. This is because her blogs is a good exemplified of well-known or ' A List Blogger . Moreover, her communities also grow and develop over time. The volume of the comment on the blog post is beyond overwhelming.
The picture above shows a personal website of a Fashion blogger , Rumi Neely. Her blog falls under the Single Blogger/ Blogger Centric Community. This is because her blogs is a good exemplified of well-known or ' A List Blogger . Moreover, her communities also grow and develop over time. The volume of the comment on the blog post is beyond overwhelming.
References List
1. Kinkeldei. B, 2007, Whitepaper Blog Communities, Forging Connections and Promoting Growth Through Blog Communities, viewed on 16th August 2011, <http://www.21publish.com/pub/21publish/blogging-whitepaper.pdf>
2. White. N, 2006, Blogs and Community- launching a new paradigm for online community, viewed on 16th August 2011, < http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>
3. David.W, 2006, Move Beyond Blogging – Start Buzzing, viewed on 17th August 2011,< http://partnerships.typepad.com/civic/networking/index.html>
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Classification of Blogs and Opinion about The Most Appropriate Classification Approach
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According to Martha (2011), she explains that there are four different types of blogs that many bloggers can write on. Which consists of ;
1. Corporate Blog – Blogs that contains information’s about a specific enterprise, consists its culture or it’s strategies and purposes. Examples of corporate bog are Caterpillar and Starbucks.
2. Fashion Blogs – Blogs that shares their fashion knowledge and share their fashion sense , style and looks to those who are interested in fashion. Examples of fashion blogs are Fashion Toast and Bryan Boy.
3. Personal Blog- The most common types of blogs where bloggers commonly writes about there personal daily life using personal language and with emotional touch for friends and colleagues. Examples of personal blogs consists of Dawn Yang and Xia Xue.
4. Review Blog- It is a blog where a blogger shares their review and also gives comment of a certain services or products. For instance like Iphones Mobiles and others. Examples of review blogs are Mummy Insider and Booking Mama.
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However, according to Margeret (2008), she have categorized the blogs into 9 different types of blogs. Which consists of ;
1. Pamphleteering Blogs – These are blogs where individuals or a group of individuals argue and protest a case. These blogs usually responds to the facts reported in the mainstream media or infrequently on other blogs. Examples of pamphleteering blogs given by Margeret were, Andew Norton and Catalaxy.
2. The Digest Blogs – Blogs that primarily act as guidance and summaries to the things that people can access easily, for instance from mainstream media or other blogs. These blogs also I includes commentary sections as well. Examples like Fair Go Fairfax.
3. The Advocacy Blog – These are blogs that runs by established commercial organizations that focuses on single topic rather than a wide range of topic. Examples of these blogs are Haiti Support Group.
4. The Popular Mechanics Blogs – Blogs that offers a diverse set of training and advice in specialist fields and in the same time supplying the same function as magazine such as Popular Mechnics. Some of these popular mechanics blogs earn money from advertising Example like Modern Mechanix.
5. The Exhibition Blogs - Blogs that are maintained by writers and artist that brings their creativity to a wider public. For example like Around the World In 20 Quiilts.
6. The Gatewatcher Blogs – Blogs that allows specialist, experts and other particular knowledge of public events to watch hold of to account the’ gatekeepers’ of the conventional media. Posum Comitatus would be an example for Gatewatcher Blog.
7. The Diary Blogs – Known as personal blogs. They are intended for friends and family of an individuals. They contain news, photos and information of a largely persona kind. Examples like Kenny Sia.
8. The Advertisement Blogs – Most of the time these blogs are known to be less honest. Companies usually pay established bloggers to boost up their services and products. Examples like Advertlets.
9. The News Blogs – Blogs that has been used to cover and even break some of the very important information to the readers. The news are reported specifically in depth therefore these sites have become sustainable business for employing potential employers. One of the examples of news blog would be Salam Pax.
After reading both articles about the Taxonomy of Blog from two different author, i personally felt that Margeret Simons's ( 2008) article was more reliable as compared to Martha's analysis about blogs. This is because Margeret Simons explain the 9 different type of blog specifically and in details. Thus, i find it rather credible as compared with Martha's.
References List
1. Martha, 2011, What is Blogging and Types of Blogs, Hellbounds Bloggers, viewed on 15th August 2011, <http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/02/27/types-of-blogs/>
2. Simons.M, 2008, Towards a Taxonomy of Blogs, Australian Policy Online viewd on 15th August 2011, <http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0>
3. Husby.S, 2011, Top Classification of Blog Posts Using Distant Supervision, viewed on 15th August 2011, <https://www.cs.ualberta.ca/news-events/event-calendar/2011/topic-classification-blog-posts-using-distant-supervision>
After reading both articles about the Taxonomy of Blog from two different author, i personally felt that Margeret Simons's ( 2008) article was more reliable as compared to Martha's analysis about blogs. This is because Margeret Simons explain the 9 different type of blog specifically and in details. Thus, i find it rather credible as compared with Martha's.
References List
1. Martha, 2011, What is Blogging and Types of Blogs, Hellbounds Bloggers, viewed on 15th August 2011, <http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/02/27/types-of-blogs/>
2. Simons.M, 2008, Towards a Taxonomy of Blogs, Australian Policy Online viewd on 15th August 2011, <http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0>
3. Husby.S, 2011, Top Classification of Blog Posts Using Distant Supervision, viewed on 15th August 2011, <https://www.cs.ualberta.ca/news-events/event-calendar/2011/topic-classification-blog-posts-using-distant-supervision>
Monday, 15 August 2011
Blogs as Current Phenomena and Benefits to The Community
Blog in another term, weblog, is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent entry to the older entries. (Rowse, 2005). Blogs can also ranger from personal diaries or journals to sophisticated social annotations and politic news coverage. (Sachirato, 2009).
As blogs became better known in the late 1990s, many began to describe this rapid expanding and popularity of blogging as blogosphere. (Sachirato, ibid). According to BlogPulse (2011), it was stated that in the year 2011, there is approximately 156 million public blogs exists worldwide. This proves that there has been roughly 152 million blogs created since the year of 2004.
In Malaysia, there is some news which meant to be published and some news are meant to go right into the trash column. According to France (2011), he mentioned that Malaysia mainstream media is largely government-linked and controlled through printing permits like Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984. Malaysia has censored much mainstream news that was supposed to be published.
Therefore, political blogs is created to filter in news that was supposed to be known to the public. In Malaysia, bloggers like Lim Kit Siang, Winter Wong and Jeff Ooi are political blogs that reveal news that is hidden from the mainstream media and gives opportunity for the public to voice out. It creates a public sphere an arena that facilitates the public use of reason in national-critical debate that has been steadily narrowing as the power and reach of mass media increased. ( Noughton, 2006) . According to Harbermas’s normative notion of the public sphere, the notion of public sphere is part of social life where citizen exchange views on matters of importance to the common good, so that the public opinion can be formed. (Thornton, 1996).
Blogging is a new organism that has arrived to our media ecosystem. It is an essentially symbiotic relationship that is emerges between the new medium of blogging and more conventional print journalism that is beneficial to us. (Noughton, 2006).
References List
1 Rowse.D, 2005, What is a Blog?, Problogger, 13th August 2011, http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/
2. Sachirato.T , 2009, The practice of Public Opinion and the Production of Consent,Media and the Public Sphere, Oxford University Press, South Mlebourne.
3. Naughton, J, 2006, Blogging and the emerging media ecosystem, viewed on 14th August 2011,
3. Naughton, J, 2006, Blogging and the emerging media ecosystem, viewed on 14th August 2011,
4. Thornton, A, 1996, Does Internet create democracy, viewed on 14th August 2011, http://www.zipworld.com.au/~athornto/thesis2.htm
5. Blogpulse. 2011, viewed n 14th August 2011, http://www.blogpulse.com/
Thursday, 11 August 2011
The Aim
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‘Blogs are known as a social media because it is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content.’ (Brian, 2009).
The purpose of creating this blog is to discuss and understand how weblogs influences a person's perspective and perception towards a certain phenomenon. Besides that, this blog also aims to target audiences like profession, peers and student that has interrelation in the field of communication and media. Lastly, discussing about issues regarding the information and news about the mass media, the publication and press are the goals that this blog aims to achieve.
References List
Brian. C, 2009, Since When Blogs Are Not Social Media?, viewed on 12th August 2011, < http://www.copyblogger.com/blogs-social-media/>
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