[Air-L] Using the term weblog/blog

[Mridula]

Hi Ann,

I too use the term blog because I feel it represents the popular usage. I
would always think myself as blogger and not weblogger. I think the earlier
term weblog has been replaced in usage by blog and hence my preference.

Regards,

Mridula Dwivedi
IIMT Gurgaon, India
http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/

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> From: Ann-Charlotte Palmgren <apalmgre at abo.fi>
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> I've received a message that my article about blogging and eating
> disorders will be published in a Scandinavian journal. At the same
> time I received a message from the journal's language expert about my
> use of the term weblog. They are questioning the use and asks why I
> don't use the term blog. For some reason I have imagined that the term
> weblog is being used more often in research. Now I'm not so sure about
> it. What is your impression? Does it matter if I use the term weblog
> or blog?
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> Ann-Charlotte Palmgren
> doctoral student
> ?bo Akademi University
> Finland
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