Blogging IdentitiesIn this article, written by Martin Weller, he discusses the title of the article; "The Virtues of Blogging as Scholarly Activity." He talks about how blogging has been the most fulfilling to him as a scholar, a professor, and as a writer. He likes blogging better than most other outlets such as writing books, doing projects, and online classes. He says because he has unlimited creativity toward what you're working on and the possibilities are endless because there is always room for experimentation and changing. Throughout this site, we talk about ways that your identity changes or doesn't change throughout different forums such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Weebly, and even YouTube. Professor Weller says that his blog relates directly with his academic identity. He likes using these outlets for a very good reason; everything you need can be there. Presentations that he may need to show, documents, videos, and even his own social network like Facebook.
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The figure above shows the controlling values of this theory. In that your identity online can stay the same throughout many forums so that you don't lose who you are and you can maintain your integrity. On the other side of that spectrum, by staying consistent and always posting the same things, you may not be looking into who you actually are and what other sides of yourself that you haven't yet explored.
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