Different types of blogs

Identify the features of the different types of blog (personal, business, academic,
educational).
1. Tone / style / structure / design

2. Evidence and examples (citations, references and links)

3. Readers comments and responses

Activity
You are writing an example blog post. Use the spaces below to note down your ideas
for each step.
Content
Use this space to note down what you want your post to be about.

Structure
Use this space to design the layout of your post think about the key sections and titles.

Interaction via comments

Social media is interactive. Tim Berners-Lees, the father of the World Wide Web, original idea
was to create a collaborative medium, a place to publish, share and comment. Blogs are great
examples of the interactivity of WWW; being able to connect ideas and resources via linking is
an important strength.
Use this space to comment on the blog example

Perspective What did you think of the post? Do you agree or disagree with the content?

Examples Can you think of any relevant or related real-life examples linked to the blog
content?

Theories Can you think of any academic, social, political or economic theories relevant to
blog contents?

Questions What questions does the blog content raise? Are you satisfied with the
information given? What would you follow-up?