Why do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges

被引:65
作者
Mewburn, Inger [1 ]
Thomson, Pat [2 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Acton, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Univ Nottingham, Sch Educ, Nottingham NG8 1BB, England
关键词
blogs; academic cultures; communities of practice; social media; online learning;
D O I
10.1080/03075079.2013.835624
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Academics are increasingly being urged to blog in order to expand their audiences, create networks and to learn to write in more reader friendly style. This paper holds this advocacy up to empirical scrutiny. A content analysis of 100 academic blogs suggests that academics most commonly write about academic work conditions and policy contexts, share information and provide advice; the intended audience for this work is other higher education staff. We contend that academic blogging may constitute a community of practice in which a hybrid public/private academic operates in a gift economy'. We note however that academic blogging is increasingly of interest to institutions and this may challenge some of the current practices we have recorded. We conclude that there is still much to learn about academic blogging practices.
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页码:1105 / 1119
页数:15
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