The Blogging Community

source: http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/
edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-–-
launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community

White (2006) argues that the virtual community is shaped by three key factors: common interest, frequent interaction and idenfication. Blogging communities are a form of social groups where people developed a relationship connection with others on the Internet (Rheingold, 1993). Thus, blogging communities can be seen as a virtual form of societies in the world.

White also categorizes the blogging community into Single Blogger Centric Community, the Central Connecting Topic Community and the Boundaried Community. The Single Blogger Centric Community is made up of a single blogging platform with a single blog where readers frequently leave comments to get to know each other, such as Blogger. When blogs are linked to each other based on the common interest found in his or her readers, a Central Connecting Topic Community is built. The Boundaried Community on the other hand, is a collection of blogs and blog readers are invited to host on a single site.

References

Rheingold, H 1993, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, HarperParennial, USA.

White, N 2006, ‘What blog based communities look like today’, Blogs and Community – launching a
new paradigm for online community?, viewed 10th November 2009, <http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>