Blogging Community

Blogging Community And Type of Blogging Community

Blogosphere can be used as a place for blogging community to shared similarity. So, what is blogging community? According to Nelson (2010), blogging community is people connect with one another online, people congregate in cyberspace, bound together by interests or causes. Bloggers can create a community if there is some of people who chat and share a similar interest together in a blog.

According to White(2006), there are 3 type of blogging community such as: Blogger Centric Community, The Central Connecting, and the boundaried community.

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 1. Blogger centric community.

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One person or organization can own this blogs. The owner can set certain rules or norms in this blogs. The central idea of this blog is to communicate, build a relationship with other people, and brings people together.

2. Central Connecting Topic Community

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Central Connecting Topic Community is more to network structure than community structure. This community can be created when there are several people share similar topic or interest. An individual still has to maintain their blog, and a link to other blog can be found here.

3. Boundaried Community.

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The biggest power in this community is in the owner. Owner can make a several rules for all the bloggers. Members have to join, register, and make a blog if he/she wants. MySpace, Yahoo 360, and Share Your Story are several tools that can make the member closer.

I will use Malaysia Food, Travel, and Tourism Blogs. (www.vkong.com)
In this blogspot, Central Connecting Topic Community is applied. This blog is giving information about food around Malaysia. People with similar interest and hobby will go this blogs . People could leave comment and choose what kind of food does they want to know as well.

Image from:vkong.com

Image from:vkong.com

Image from:vkong.com

References:
- Nelson, M, Lowe, S 2010, TypePad for Dummies, online, retrieved 25 March 2012 http://books.google.com.my/books?id=07s5HsHDizkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Vkeong 2011 Mayalsia Food, Travel, & Tourism, online, retrieved 25 March 2012 http://www.vkeong.com/page/207/
- White, N 2006 Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community?, online, retrieved 24 March 2012 http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community