Rise of the Geoblogosphere

Callan Bentley

Rise of the Geoblogosphere

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Blog?Blogging?Blogger?

Blogosphere?

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Blogging platforms

used

N = 45

2%

2%

2%

9%

20%

64%

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N = 47

What do geobloggers do in real life?

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0 10 20 30 40 50

GeologyPersonal stories; anecdotes

Your researchTravelEnergy

PaleontologyYour local areaClimate change

EarthquakesEvolution

News and current eventsStructural geology

MediaStratigraphy

GeomorphologyVolcanoes

Astronomy & planetary geologyPolitics and government

MineralogyPaleontology

Publishing scientific articlesLandslides

Your teachingBiology

Art and musicPetrology

Gender roles and issues

N = 47

What do geobloggers blog about?

Number of respondents

Also mentioned: HydrologyChemistrySedimentologyMining & Mineral depositsPlate TectonicsTechnology / GISHydrologyPhysicsPetroleumEconomic GeologySnowMilitaryScience and religionEngineering geologySoilsBitching and complaining

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Map of the Geoblogosphere

N = 47

Created with Google “My Maps”

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N = 46

When did they start geoblogging?

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Green Gabbro

NOVA Geoblog

Highly Allochthonous

All My Faults…

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modified from Marshall (2006)

An analogy?

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One per day

Average rate of posting

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Number of days geoblog has existed

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ber o

f pos

ts

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Average = 0.55 p/dMaximum = 3.60 p/dMinimum = 0.02 p/d

The Dragon's Tales

Green GabbroLaelaps

MiGeo

NOVA Geoblog

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What do geobloggers like about the Geoblogosphere?

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Word cloud generated with Wordle.net

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What do geobloggers like about the Geoblogosphere?

N = 45

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What do geobloggers dislike about the Geoblogosphere?

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What do geobloggers dislike about the Geoblogosphere?

N = 42

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N = 46

Why do geobloggers blog?

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N = 46

Why do geobloggers blog?

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Discover magazine

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