A Study of Bloggers’ Classifying Behavior of Blog Articles
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Liu, Hsiao-Ching
Abstract
By running a blog, bloggers can express their frames of mind in life and record information. Because bloggers organize and manage articles according to their own preference, blogs are new media for personal information management. This study aims to analyze the general architecture of classification in blogs, explore bloggers’ behavior and characteristics when classifying articles, and discuss bloggers’ needs and perspectives on article classifying. This study adopted content analysis and interviews to investigate the classification of articles in blogs and the classifying behavior of bloggers. Five-hundred blogs were analyzed which consisted of 20 blogs each from 25 categories found on the "Blog Look" website. This study analyzed the arrangement and names of classification, including of time variation. Twelve bloggers were interviewed from the 500 blogs covered in the content analysis. Bloggers were asked questions concerning the purposes and processes of classification, the factors that influence category naming, and the types of difficulties encountered. There are two conclusions in the bloggers’ classifying behavior: 1. Bloggers often secure articles first, and then build up categories according to the contents of articles. 2. The development of classification in blogs is stable. Bloggers often change the category quantities, but the name, order, and construction of categories usually remain unchanged. In the presentation of blog classification, there are five conclusions: 1. Most classification architecture is single-layer, and bloggers’ jobs or habits will influence construct classification. 2. A majority of classification in blogs do not have a specific sorting method. 3. Bloggers name their categories according to their interests and type of information, and occasionally popular terminology was used. 4. The scope of terms of categories is widespread. The titles are mainly composed by words and symbols. The language is primarily Chinese. The morphology is often by noun. 5. Bloggers’ main principles of naming are describing and expressing the content and scope of categories clearly. Once the names are decided, they did not readily change or delete them. The morphology or length is of a specific combination or individual style display. The name between the categories should be distinctly different. With regard to bloggers’ point of view with classification, there are three conclusions: 1. Use of terms in naming categories and classification judgment of articles are two main problems when bloggers build up article classification. 2. Article classification plays a management role and can demonstrate the bloggers'' efforts and dedication to organizing articles. 3. Bloggers generally consider that classification facilitates information accessability and sharing.
Subjects
blogs
bloggers
classification
classifying behavior
classification of blog articles
Type
thesis
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