Blogs+and+Wikis

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style. Ther are like online diaries which are open to any viewers, or selected viewers (close friends of the user who created the blog), The word ‘Blog’ came from the term Web log. Internet users can easily find many kinds of blogs of different genres from: http://blogsearch.google.com/
 * __Blogs__**

__There are different types of blogs such as for:__ Politics, Govenrment, Education, Entertainment, Advice centres…etc

There are many different types of blogs, such as:
 * __By Media__**

Photographs, contains photos in it. - Photoblog Sketches - Sketchlogs Videoas - Vlogs Audio - Podcasting Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types - Tumblelogs

A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA is called a moblog.
 * __By Device__**


 * __The many types of blogs:__**

- [|Webmaster] - [|Blog search engines] - [|Blog software] - [|List of blogging terms] - [|Blogebrity] - [|Buzzword] - [|Corporate blog] - [|Political blog] - [|Project blog] - [|Collaborative blog] - [|Online diary] - the precursor to blogs - [|Virtual Community] - [|Massively distributed collaboration] - [|Content Management System] - [|Citizen journalism] - [|Google bomb] - [|MySpace] - social networking site - [|Facebook] - social networking site - [|Windows Live Spaces] - Microsoft's Social Networking platform - [|News aggregator] - client software that uses a web feed to retrieve syndicated web content such as weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites - [|Podcasting] - a method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet - [|TagWorld] - a MySpace competitor - [|User-generated content] - [|Yahoo! 360°] - a personal communication portal - [|List of social networking websites] - includes many blog and journal sites - [|BROG] - (We)blog Research on Genre project - [|YouTube] - [|Movable Type] - [|Blogger] - [|Wordpress] - [|Edublog] - [|Tumblelog] - a related form of social media featuring smaller, more frequent posts

__For more information go to:__ __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog____

- this is a site where anyone is allowed to change. Someone can start a topic they want and then anyone else are able to edit the site without any obstacles.
 * Wiki**__

for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://personalweb.about.com/od/wikihostingandsoftware/a/511wiki.htm__

Listen to my podcast on Wiki! media type="custom" key="48722"

Different types wiki sites:

__[|flex wiki] - a wiki hosting community where anyone could edit or start a wiki site. [|JotSpot] - a wiki hosting program; allowing anyone to create a wiki site that appears and works like WORD. [|MediaWiki] - wiki software used by Wikipedia, Wiki source, and Wiktionary in order to edit their wikis. [|Social text] - an ordinary wiki hosting site. [|Netomat] [|TWiki] [|Wikia] - a wiki search engine [|WikiBios] - a site where anyone is ought to write their biography. Anyone is also able to edit other users' biography, such as adding up stories onto them. [|Wikipedia] - a search engine to search for any definitions of any word. [|Wikicities] [|XWiki] [|EditMe]


 * Who are using podcasts and blogs and wikis?** – research the different podcasts/blogs/wikis available today – describe some different categories that they would be in and how they are used. For each describe how the different stakeholders are impacted.

E.g. Podcasts of radio shows – you can now go to a website e.g. wwwkiss100com and download a DJ’s show – this means I can listen to it at any time of the day and not just on the radio. For the DJ – he is getting wider access – because people who are unable to listen to their show at the time can now do so. Advertising is now reaching a wider audience because people can listen to the shows over and over again, and businesses would only be paying once for their advert__

Different categories of blog:

__**Topic Area Categories**

media blog technology blog sports blog military blog law blog business blog LGBT blog parenting blog educational blog science blog


 * Arts and Letters Categories**

photo blog culture blog diarist gossip blog music blog podcast video blog


 * International Categories**

Canadian blog UK blog European blog Asian blog Middle East or Africa blog Australia or New Zealand blog Latino, Caribbean, or South American blog


 * Other Categories**

Humor blog Comic Strip Online Community Liberal blog Conservative blog Centrist blog__

- bloggers are able to choose and blog on the topic they are interested in, therefore others can easily search for the topic they want. Therefore if someone is interested in sports, they would only view on the Sports blog category. In fact, there is also a Weblog Award, where each year there will be awards for the best blog categories.

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