Why Do Academics Blog? An Analysis of Audiences, Purposes and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Mewburn, Inger; Thomson, Pat
Titel	Why Do Academics Blog? An Analysis of Audiences, Purposes and Challenges
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 38 (2013) 8, S.1105-1119 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2013.835624
Schlagwörter	Web 2.0 Technologies; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Audience Analysis; Content Analysis; Communities of Practice; Faculty Publishing; Bibliometrics; Literary Styles; Educational Practices; Barriers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Inhaltsanalyse; Community; Bibliometrie; Literarischer Stil; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Academics are increasingly being urged to blog in order to expand their audiences, create networks and to learn to write in more reader friendly style. This paper holds this advocacy up to empirical scrutiny. A content analysis of 100 academic blogs suggests that academics most commonly write about academic work conditions and policy contexts, share information and provide advice; the intended audience for this work is other higher education staff. We contend that academic blogging may constitute a community of practice in which a hybrid public/private academic operates in a "gift economy". We note however that academic blogging is increasingly of interest to institutions and this may challenge some of the current practices we have recorded. We conclude that there is still much to learn about academic blogging practices. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10