A general definition of the weblog

  • Lomborg S
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Abstract

The personal weblog is a continuously evolving genre of online communication in which bloggers and readers create diverse social spaces for conversation and selfexpression. This article addresses a conceptual gap in the literature, namely how to distinguish the personal weblog from other types of weblogs. The author develops a typological framework for classification of weblogs in three dimensions: content, directionality, and style, and uses the typological space to propose a working definition of the personal weblog and discuss it as a distinct subgenre.

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Lomborg, S. (2011). A general definition of the weblog. First Monday, 14(5), 1–11.

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