BlogA New Genre?

What is common and what is different? Is blog a single genre or a variety of genres?

Types of blogs?

Is there difference between blog and website or is it the same thing?

Web Log → We blog → Blog:reverse chronological journaling (format);regular, date-stamped entries (timeliness);links to related news articles, documents,

blog entries within each entry (attribution);

archived entries (old content remains accessible);

links to related blogs (blogrolling);passion (voice)

Website↔ Weblogstatic ↔dynamicplanned ↔ spontaneousedited ↔ editing-freestandardized ↔ are not controlled within boundaries at all

closed for commentaries ↔ open for commentaries

Types of blogsBy function: personal vs corporate blogsBy content: political blogs, travel blogs

(travelogs), house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, classical music blogs, …

By media type: videologs (vlog), sketchblog, photoblog, typecasting (blogging)

By device: sousveillance, mobile blogs

Types of blogs according to the extent of their confessional nature:

Informative blogs: contain mostly facts and minimum personal information, have a fixed variety of topics discussed, their authors are the least passionate

Personal blogs: both public and intensely personal, seem to serve no immediate practical purpose, are addressed to everyone and at the same time to no one

What makes personal blog a separate genre?

existence of secondary authors (readers),

the importance of the opposition “trustworthy vs untrustworthy”

the possibility to create a number of various textual experiences

no completion

Blog as a variety of genres – a new media

Personal blog (=diary) – a new genre

Happy blogging!

Thank you for your attention!