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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/