Why we blog
July 21st, 2006 at 09:23am Tish G
A new survey on blogging released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that only 34% of bloggers consider themselves journalists…
76% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to document their personal experiences and share them with others.
64% of bloggers say a reason they blog is to share practical knowledge or skills with others.
“Blogs are as individual as the people who keep them, but this survey shows that most bloggers are primarily interested in creative, personal expression,” said senior research analyst Amanda Lenhart. “Blogs make it easy to document individual experiences, share practical knowledge, or just keep in touch with friends and family.”
“Much of the public and press attention to bloggers has focused on the small number of high-traffic, A-list bloggers,” said Associate director Susannah Fox. “By asking a wide range of bloggers what they do and why they do it, we have found a different kind of story about the power of the internet to encourage creativity and community among all kinds of internet users.”
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1. sachem_head | July 24th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
Interesting. I would say that this jives with my observations. I actually began my personal blog because of my brother, who used it to keep in touch with his friends.
2. Tish G | July 26th, 2006 at 6:55 am
It’s always been my contention that we learn about the world of blogging by being in the world of blogging–like most subcultures. Most folks who have negative opinions–that blogs are echo chambers, that all blogs are political–are only looking at the hype, not the reality.
It’s cool that you and your brother can keep in touch via blogging. Written word gives us a different way of communicating than if we speek to one another over the phone. Storytelling on a different level
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