Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub3
Blog Influence Index: A Measure of Influential Weblog

Blog Influence Index: A Measure of Influential Weblog

Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Shahizan Hassan, Nor Laily Hashim, Mohd Fo’ad Sakdan, Mohd Samsu Sajat
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1942-9010|EISSN: 1942-9029|EISBN13: 9781613509654|DOI: 10.4018/jvcsn.2011070103
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Shiratuddin, Norshuhada, et al. "Blog Influence Index: A Measure of Influential Weblog." IJVCSN vol.3, no.3 2011: pp.35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2011070103

APA

Shiratuddin, N., Hassan, S., Hashim, N. L., Sakdan, M. F., & Sajat, M. S. (2011). Blog Influence Index: A Measure of Influential Weblog. International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN), 3(3), 35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2011070103

Chicago

Shiratuddin, Norshuhada, et al. "Blog Influence Index: A Measure of Influential Weblog," International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN) 3, no.3: 35-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2011070103

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

Although weblogs are a popular medium of communication, their influence on society is unclear. In particular, studies that investigate the impact and influence of blogosphere on the community and government have not been fully exploited. Such studies are important especially to the government in reshaping and realigning the policies related to new media. This article presents the outcomes of a study to identify measures on how to assess the influence of weblogs. At least four dimensions are critical for measuring weblog influence, which are recognition (number of in links and number of visitors), activity generation (number of comments and number of posts), novelty (number of out links), and credibility of a blog (number of information presentation type, number of factual errors, and number of hyperlink citations). It is hereby proposed that these dimensions make up a measure called the Blog Influence Index.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.