Definition and Characteristics of a Blog
– Informational website with diary-style text entries
– Posts displayed in reverse chronological order
– Mainly created by individuals or small groups
– Cover a single subject or topic
– Multi-author blogs (MABs) emerged in the 2010s
Sources of Blog Traffic
– MABs from newspapers, media outlets, universities, etc.
– MABs are professionally edited
– Advocacy groups and think tanks also contribute to blog traffic
– Twitter and other microblogging systems integrate MABs and single-author blogs
– Increasing quantity of blog traffic from institutions
Blogging as a Verb
– Blog can be used as a verb
– It means maintaining or adding content to a blog
Emergence and Growth of Blogs
– Blogs emerged in the late 1990s
– Growth coincided with web publishing tools
– Tools facilitated content posting by non-technical users
– Users without HTML or programming experience could create blogs
– Blogs became accessible to a wider audience
Impact of Blogs on Web Publishing
– Blogs revolutionized web publishing
– Allowed non-technical users to share content
– Increased diversity of voices and perspectives online
– Blogs provided an alternative to traditional media
– Blogs influenced the news media landscape References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
