Researchers’ Blogging Practices in Two Epistemic Cultures: The Scholarly Blog as a Situated Genre
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Summary, in English
This article presents a study of 16 scholarly blogs with the aim to gain an in-depth understanding of what characterizes blogging as part of the scholarly communication. Eight blogs from high energy physics (HEP) and eight from digital history were closely followed. The analysis was made by employing an analytical framework based on genre theory. The results reveal common communicative purposes in the scholarly blogs; there are many similarities in form features and content, which also relate to the purposes of the blogs. In addition, the context in which the blogs are situated is based both in the blogging researchers’ epistemic cultures and in their knowledge about blogging practices.
A conclusion is that the scholarly blogs is an addition to the landscape of scholarly communication, including communication with the public, and that the scholarly blogs contribute to our understanding of how research is done.
A conclusion is that the scholarly blogs is an addition to the landscape of scholarly communication, including communication with the public, and that the scholarly blogs contribute to our understanding of how research is done.
Avdelning/ar
- Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap
- Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
36-77
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Human IT
Volym
12
Issue
3
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Högskolan i Borås
Ämne
- Information Studies
Nyckelord
- blogs
- genre theory
- scholarly communication
- social media
Status
Published
Projekt
- Creating trust: scholars, self-representations and online environments
- Knowledge in a Digital World: Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web
Forskningsgrupp
- Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society
- Information Studies
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1402-1501