Edited by Jonathan Turner, Monday, 3 Feb 2014, 06:27
How blogs are helping with the ‘publication of research’…
It would seem that blogs help in the following ways. First, we need to understand that blogging is a publication in itself as Weller (2011) mentions. This means that the act of blogging is also an act of publication. But in contrast to other forms of publication Blogs have the ability to garner opinion and spark debate and comment about what is being published, something that was much more onerous in traditional print publishing. Kirkup’s (2010) reference to different types of Blogs may be a result of personal preferences held by academics or by the filed in which they are working. The way that a quantitative social science study would be blogged about could be very different to how a case study psychology paper might be presented for example. In terms of personal preferences, some academics may encourage comments while others would discourage debate about their work. In the same way some academic will maintain a highly technical academic discourse in their posts, while others will choose a more informal, less technical spoken type register. Conole’s (2010) reference to a lack of professional guidance seems indicative of much of the new academic discourses emerging in new media types, and over time I’m sure more accepted procedures will emerge.
H817 Week 00 Part 3
How blogs are helping with the ‘publication of research’…
It would seem that blogs help in the following ways. First, we need to understand that blogging is a publication in itself as Weller (2011) mentions. This means that the act of blogging is also an act of publication. But in contrast to other forms of publication Blogs have the ability to garner opinion and spark debate and comment about what is being published, something that was much more onerous in traditional print publishing. Kirkup’s (2010) reference to different types of Blogs may be a result of personal preferences held by academics or by the filed in which they are working. The way that a quantitative social science study would be blogged about could be very different to how a case study psychology paper might be presented for example. In terms of personal preferences, some academics may encourage comments while others would discourage debate about their work. In the same way some academic will maintain a highly technical academic discourse in their posts, while others will choose a more informal, less technical spoken type register. Conole’s (2010) reference to a lack of professional guidance seems indicative of much of the new academic discourses emerging in new media types, and over time I’m sure more accepted procedures will emerge.