IT PROJECTBLOG AS A SOCIAL MEDIA

STUDENT NAME: NOUF SALEH MOHAMEDID: 201008658COL 270- 515

CONTENTS

• Introduction: What is a blog?• Who is using it ?• Statistics • Advantages • Disadvantages • Examples of blog• How to create a blog and use it?• Other blog websites to create free blogs• List of other resources that can help you learn more • Quiz to check your understanding • Bibliography

INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A BLOG?

• A shorthand term that means “Web log”.

• Blog is a personal journal published on the internet.

• Consisting of discrete entries "posts" typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.

• Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often are themed on a single subject.

• There are many websites that specialized to create blogs.

WHO IS USING IT?

• All the people in different ages are using it nowadays.

• The most active bloggers are younger people who have grown up during the blogging "revolution“.

• Bloggers in the 21-to-35 year-old demographic group account for 53.3% of the total blogging population.

• people 20-years-old or under are 20.2% of the blogging landscape.• 36-to-50 year-olds (19.4%), while bloggers who are 51-years-

old and older only account for 7.1%.

STATISTICS

• 59% – percentage of bloggers who have been blogging for at least 2 years

• 900,000 – average number of blog posts in a 24 hour period

• 77% - percentage of active Internet users who read blogs

• 81 - number of languages represented in the blogosphere

ADVANTAGES

• The quick and easy way that a blog can be updated is a great advantage to bloggers.

• the ability to vent your feelings, by simply typing in some text and letting the whole world be able to read what is going on in your head.

• able to keep everyone informed of new policies, products and other important info without having to send out emails.

• Keep in touch with friends and family

More advantages

• Share your experiences and diary.

• Share knowledge with other people.

•Make friends online

• Share pictures, videos, articles, poems … etc

•Do Business online and make money.

DISADVANTAGES

•Need to keep it constantly updated otherwise you lose potential readers

• Easy to start, hard to maintain

EXAMPLES OF BLOG

http://fyonkah.tumblr.com/http://j-ami.tumblr.com/

MORE EXAMPLES

http://thepioneerwoman.com/ http://latifalshamsi.com/

HOW TO CREATE A BLOG ?

• Click on the picture and watch the tutorial, Enjoy it !

OTHER BLOG WEBSITES TO CREATE FREE BLOGS

• http://blog.com/• https://www.tumblr.com/• www.blogger.com• http://wordpress.com/• http://www.blogster.com/• http://www.weebly.com/• http://opendiary.com/• http://www.livejournal.com/

LIST OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP YOU LEARN MORE

•Here are some websites that contain more information about blogs and other needs you may need:

http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Blog

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4s3wN_vK8

QUIZ TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

1- What is a blog ?

2- Why do people use it ?

3- what are the advantages?

4- what are the disadvantages?

5- What the new things that you have learned?

6- Briefly, explain how to create a blog.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

• http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7006.pdf

• http://www.sysomos.com/reports/bloggers/

• https://www.tumblr.com/

• http://www.marketingtitan.com/advantages-disadvantages-blogging

• http://daparky.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-blogging/