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Research Conclusion
By Mike Ham P10540735
All my research was blogged, and can be found at:
http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/
Headings on the side will take you to my key questions and case study.
Where to find my Research
Screen shot of headings on my blog taken on 07/03/2012
Figure 1
After researching Blogging and performing a case study on Tumblr, I have concluded that…
Blogging has had an impact and still does, but it has a small future.
Conclusion
Blogging has:
Shifted from traditional media into participation culture.
Grown massively.
Made a cultural impact.
A small future.
Conclusion Arguments
Bloggers blur themselves from traditional media and create
their own media where blog readers interact and leave comments, taking part in participatory culture and therefore become part of the creators of the media.
Shifted from traditional media into participation culture.
BLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/whatisblogging
We move from personal websites and print to blogs, and from publishing to participation. Where
we become a producer not a consumer (Gauntlett)
Shifted from traditional media into participation culture.
BLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/whatisblogging
David Gauntlett – Making is Connecting
Figure 2
Blogs allow freedom unlike print. Bloggers can choose their own template and can adjust how their blog look and work.
Blogs allow participation. Encourages readers to leave comments, use links to other sources and bloggers. RSS (really simple syndication) emphasises participation by subscribing to other blogs.
Shifted from traditional media into participation culture.
BLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/whatisblogging
Blogger allows all of this
Figure 3
Tumblr bloggers are encouraged to
participate by
following other
bloggers and re blog content. Most are photos. The more notes, the more participation shown.
Shifted from traditional media into participation culture.
BLOGGING HAS
Figure 4
Figure 5More information can be found at:
http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18846182655/here-are-the-results-and-evaluation-for-my-tumblr
We saw a huge rise of blogging with releases of popular blogs such as blogger.
People investigate blogging and it is put into the dictionary.
Blogging effected major issues in the world such as
politics and became part of mainstream culture by broadcasting news through blogs.
Blogs became a career option as a result of ad sense being released.
Grown massivelyBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/wheredidbloggingbegin
2000 - 2005
The vlogging culture took off when the Yahoo video blogging group was created.
Youtube born and many vlogs were created.
Microblogs and tumblelogs also started around this time
Participation grew as bloggers were now able to follow people and communicate creating a larger online community.
Grown massivelyBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/wheredidbloggingbegin
2005 - 2007
Blogs continue to grow
between developing between the years changing their looks and the tools available.
Between these years social networking take off and blogs aren’t recognised as much but are still a huge part of mainstream media displaying news and of the sort.
Grown massivelyBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/tagged/wheredidbloggingbegin
2007 - Today
58% of Tumblr Bloggers are new .
The growth of Tumblr and amount of views it gets (14 billion) monthly show that there is
still an impact as people are still blogging. Popularity of Tumblr shows that blogging is still being used.
Grown massivelyBLOGGING HAS
Figure5
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18846182655/here-are-the-results-and-evaluation-for-my-tumblrhttp://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18434704281/the-growth-of-tumblr
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
In education and children – Works individually by helping
improve languages and gets work recognised.
In family – Sharing personal experiences as a community online, helps others in same situation and blogger personally.
In business/companies – Blogging as a popular social medium, allows
companies to connect to community through blogging, enhancing news, sales, noticeability competition and communication.
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/17709601615/the-influences-of-blogging
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
Screen print of circle of moms blog taken on (07/03/2012)
Screen print of year 5 Ferry Lane Primary school blog taken on (07/03/2012)
Screen print of CAT blog (07/03/2012)
Family Education and Children
Business and companies
Figure6
Figure 7
Figure 8
In society – Information can be democratised and distributed vastly, giving the power to the people to make a change in any topic.
In religion – Helps spread teachings of a religion and brings the blogger closer to their religion.
And advertising – Encourages bloggers to post more and
create revenue by blogging. Also companies such as
Google profit too.
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/17709601615/the-influences-of-blogginghttp://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18379077476/advertising-on-blogs
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
Screen print of rangertaxes.com (07/03/2012)
Screen print of circle of a Christian blog (07/03/2012) Screen print of adverts
found on ibelieveinadv.com(07/03/2012)
Figure9 Figure1
0Figure 11
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
Tumblr bloggers are blogging throughout the day
both socially and in work.
76% blog daily on Tumblr.
Blogging has become part of a bloggers daily activity in the week.
Figure5More information can be found at:
http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18846182655/here-are-the-results-and-evaluation-for-my-tumblr
Made a cultural impactBLOGGING HAS
Tumblr bloggers blog for personal
(62%)uses.
Tumblr bloggers attracted to people that blog (42%) and visit them regularly ,
re blogging (62%) photos that have personal meanings to the blogger.
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/18846182655/here-are-the-results-and-evaluation-for-my-tumblr
Figure5
Technology is growing by getting cheaper and easier to use. Therefore, we are
more likely to see more shared media, such as blogs, in all kinds of aspects: text, audio, video and still images.
A small futureBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/17656139216/the-future-of-blogs
Screen print of Boingboing blog taken on (07/03/2012)
Figure12
Traits of blogging can be found in popular social networks like Facebook. So forms of blogging will be around. (ordered in chronological order, emphasis on individual and subject)
A small futureBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/17656139216/the-future-of-blogs
Screen print of Facebook taken on (07/03/2012)
Figure 13
User Generated Content, like blogging is more than just posts of images and videos. Information can be implied rather than posted. For example blogs regularly link to other blogs. They
not only contribute content, they contribute information to the web. (Google and Amazon)
A small futureBLOGGING HAS
More information can be found at:http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/post/17656139216/the-future-of-blogs
Screen print of Google taken on (07/03/2012)
Figure 14
Blogging has had an impact and still does, but it has a small future.
Conclusion
Figure 1 – Tumblr menu of key questions [online image] available from: http://mikehamtech2002.tumblr.com/ accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 2 – Gauntlett image [online image] available from: http://www.theory.org.uk/david/dg220a.jpg accessed on (10/03/2012)
Figure 3 - Blogger image [online image] available from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Blogger.svg/256px-Blogger.svg.png accessed on (10/03/2012)
Figure 4 - screen shot from Tumblr blog [online image] available from http://t-i-g-e-r-p-r-i-n-c-e-s-s.tumblr.com/post/18839426601 accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 5 –Tumblr logo image [online image] available from: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/160/390/tumblr_logo.png?1313038291 accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 6 - screen shot of Circle of moms blog [WWW] available from: http://www.circleofmoms.com/survey_qa.php?question_id=1701760accessed accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 7 – screen shot of Ferry Lane Primary School Year 5 blog [WWW] available from: http://y5.ferrylane.net/ accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 8 – screen shot of CAT blog [WWW] available from: http://www.cat.com/about-the-company accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 9 - screen shot of rangers taxes blog[WWW] available from: http://rangerstaxes.com accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 10 - screen shot of Christian blog [WWW] available from: http://www.christianblog.com/blog/kreynolds/something-to-consider/ accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 11 - Screen shot of advert found on ibelieveinadv.com(07/03/2012[WWW] available from: http://ibelieveinadv.com/ accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 12 – screen shot of Blog by Boingboing [WWW] available from: http://boingboing.net/ accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 13 – screen shot of Mike Ham Facebook account [WWW] available from: www.facebook.com accessed on (07/03/2012)
Figure 14 – Google screenshot [WWW] available from: www.google.co.uk accessed on (07/03/2012)
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