Blogging community means a group of people sharing the same interest. It also means communication that is accessible to people regarding a topic (articlebase.com, 2008)
To create a blogging community one has to create their own social network, use message board to construct and control discussions, feature with an existing online community (Kalli, 2008). In a way this encourages bloggers to find and connect with other bloggers. The process of connecting with other bloggers are now able to connect easily with other blogging community with the help of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and feedreaders can assist how people read and discover blogs ( White, 2006).
There are three types of blogging community. According to White(2006) the types of blogging communities are the single blog centric community, the central connecting topic community and the Boundaried community. The single blog centric community is a type of blogging community that is focused on only one blog. The blog could be owned by a blogger or an organization. The commenters and the readers are also part of the community but the central identity of the community are primarily the blog owner. The central connecting topic community is a type of blogging community that is formed when other blogs of same interest connect with each other. Boundaried Community is a blogging community that consists of a group blogs and blog readers hosted one particular site of a platform.
References:
A Blogging Community is an Online Possibility to Share Interests 2008, Articlebase, viewed 22 April 2011, <http://www.articlesbase.com/blogging-articles/a-blogging-community-is-an-online-possibility-to-share-interests-309903.html>
Blogs and Community –launching a new paradigm for online community? 2006,The Knowledge Tree, viewed 25 April 2011, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>
Kalli, A , Three Ways to Create Around your Blog , Virtual Assist, viewed, 26 April 2011, < http://www.virtualassist.net/blog/three-ways-to-create-a-community-around-your-blog.html/>
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