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Why do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges

Mewburn, Inger; Thompson, Pat

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Academics are increasingly being urged to blog in order to expand their audiences, create networks and to learn to write in more reader friendly style. This paper holds this advocacy up to empirical scrutiny. A content analysis of 100 academic blogs sugge

dc.contributor.authorMewburn, Inger
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Pat
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:16:40Z
dc.identifier.issn0307-5079
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/18130
dc.description.abstractAcademics are increasingly being urged to blog in order to expand their audiences, create networks and to learn to write in more reader friendly style. This paper holds this advocacy up to empirical scrutiny. A content analysis of 100 academic blogs sugge
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceStudies in Higher Education
dc.titleWhy do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume38
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor200102 - Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4989289xPUB3
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationMewburn, Inger, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationThompson, Pat, The University of Nottingham
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue8
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1105
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1119
local.identifier.doi10.1080/03075079.2013.835624
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T07:55:34Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84886413569
local.identifier.thomsonID000325785700002
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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