Analysing a Shiny Media blog

For the next part of the session, I'll split you up into twos/threes. Then I want you to analyse a week's worth of posts on a particular Shiny Media blog.

Here are a few Shiny blogs you could look at - Corrie Blog, Bridalwave, ShinyShiny, Shoewawa, Bayraider, Crafty Crafty, My Chemical Toilet, Who Ate All The Pies, Wii Wii and Hippy Shopper.

First of all, you need to decide what the blog you're analysing covers and who it's aimed at. Then look at posts over the last week.

• Note down what sort of posts feature on the blog.
• Are they news updates, new product reviews, reviews of other websites, opinion pieces, gossip? Try to categorise them.
• How long are the posts? What kind of style are they written in? How do they use links?
• Which posts draw the most comments? How do the writers interact with their readers. 
• Post your notes on your class blogs and link to the sites/posts you're writing about

Again, once you've got some ideas, note them on your classroom blogs. We'll try to pool some ideas at the end of the day.

Comments

[Katie Lee]

This sounds exciting! We're all very tickled here at Shiny Towers.

[Jim McClellan]

Thanks for the comment, Katie. Any chance of anyone from Shiny Towers coming over here and talking to us about what you do?