Classification of blogs

Technology innovation has changed almost everything about how we communicate. Blogging is one of the ways to satisfy human needs. There are few segregate parts of blogs which are by subject matter, device, media type and status of publishers.

During an interview of A taxonomy of Blogs (2008), a media analyst Margaret Simons has defining the different types of blogs that currently exist such as

• Pamphleteering blog
• Digest blog
• Advocacy blog
• Popular mechanics blog
• Exhibition blog
• Gatewatcher blog
• The Diary blog
• The Advertisement blog
• News bog

Subject Matters:

• Politics
• Fashion
• History
• Law
• Technology
• Sport
• Travel
• Food

Media types:

Vlog

Linklog

Sketchlog

Tumblelog

Device:

Moblog

Status of Publishers:

• Corporate and business blogs

In my opinion, although there are classifications of blog but it seems that there are overlapping between one another. For example, Simmons (2008) stated that advocacy blog is like pamphleteering blog. Occasionally, there is a tricky way for people to distinguish which taxonomy the blogs is belonging.

Reference List

Abc.net 2008, The media report: A taxonomy of blogs, 25 September 2008, viewed 15 April 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript

Makeyougohmm.com 2008, The 8 differet types of blogging, 24 January 2008, viewed in 15 April 2010, http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20080124/5040/