Blogging Communities

The definition of blogging communities seem to vary as some people have their own definition of it. I've chosen to go with Nancy White's definition of, though. There are three types of blogging communities, which are one blog centric community, topic centric community and boundaried community (White n.d.). These three types often combine in some way or another, creating a mixture (White n.d.). Blogging communities rely on the communication between bloggers, commentors and readers in order to be formed (White n.d.). Without any of these, they will not exist.

A one blog centric community has one blog as its platform, and it may have more than one blogger (White n.d.). Here, the blogger controls the topics, and the commentors will comment on posts. Friendship may surface if the commentors get to know each other. The same goes to the blogger and the commentors.

From here, one can conclude that blogging communities are just that; communities. It's where where people who share a mutual interest gather to socialise with each other (The Travel Tart 2009).

To create a blogging community, one has to first sign up for a blog account. I've chosen a community called Stopping Plagiarism as a reference. A post by one of its users, dysonrules (2011), was assigned several tags to make it easier for readers to search through posts (nzherald 2006). People who were interested in the post commented on it. This community is a one blog centric community with multiple bloggers. Everyone is allowed to post on this blog as long as they are a member, follow the rules and keep it on topic.

References:

1. White, N n.d., Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community?, The Knowledge Tree, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>.
2. The Travel Tart 2009, What Is A Blogging Community?, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://www.thetraveltart.com/what-is-a-blogging-community/>.
3. dysonrules 2011, Plagiarism by "faith_hope_freedom_and_love" on ff.net, Stopping Plagiarism, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://stop-plagiarism.livejournal.com/146677.html>.
4. nzherald 2006, What are tags?, viewed 3 May 2011, <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/site-information-help/news/article.cfm?c_id=500827&objectid=10414474>.