6. What is common and what is
different?
Is blog a single genre or a variety of genres?
Types of blogs?
I s t h e r e d i f f e r e n c e
b e t we e n b l o g a n d
we b s i t e o r i s i t t h e

7. 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)

8. Website↔ Weblog
 static ↔dynamic
 planned ↔ spontaneous
 edited ↔ editing-free
 standardized ↔ are not controlled
within boundaries at all
 closed for commentaries ↔ open for
commentaries

9. Types of blogs
 By function: personal vs corporate blogs
 By 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

10. 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

11. 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

12.  Blog as a variety of genres – a new media
 Personal blog (=diary) – a new genre

13. Happy blogging!
Thank you for your attention!