Garza claims that for a blog to be successful and profitable, establishing a blogging community, which shares thoughts, interests and discussions within the blog, is essential. Moreover Garza suggests 3 tips for creating a blogging community: to respond and encourage comments, use guest posting and intercommunication between the blogger and the audience.
source: http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
The article ‘Blogs and Community’ of Nancy White, a well-known specialist, was re-posted in Robertson’s blog, The Knowledge Tree. White (2006) has explained three main types of communities: single blog centric, topic centric and boundaried communities.
source: http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
One blog centric community
The blog is owned by one owner or an organization, allowing the readers and commentors of the blog to identify the author and inter-communicate with one another. However the readers and commentors of this blogging community are not able to change the subject matter of the blog.
source: http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
Topic Centric Community
This community is established due to the rise of the same passion, interests or subject matter among the followers of the blog. Furthermore, the identity of centric community blog does not rely upon one blog but dispersed to the community allowing them to have more different perspectives unlike the one blog centric communities.
source: http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
Boundaried Community
This community is organized in a form of collection of blogs operates in one platform which generally works in a registry format as a boundary. Although the identity of centric communication is owned by the owner of the site, the power is seized by the postings of the bloggers and recognition of the site among the social networks. An example of this community would be MySpace where a log-in process is to be made for joining the community which allows interconnection among the bloggers by linking with one another.
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Reference:
White, N 2006, ‘Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?’, The Knowledge Tree, viewed 28 August 2011, http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community
Bibliography:
Garza, P, ‘Three Tips for Creating a Blogging Community’, viewed 28 August 2011, http://www.icantinternet.org/2011/08/three-tips-for-creating-a-blogging-community/
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