PR Studies

Ready, steady, blog

Stephen Davies has noticed a lack of new PR student blogs (the genre he helped define only a couple of years ago). It does seem odd when blogging's such a simple way to gain so much in terms of Google recognition. Me versus Murdoch: bring it on!

Take Katy Jameson: first in the world for her name (and first on Google images too). And all because she started a blog last year.

Paddy Doyle even entered into a dialogue with Google's DJ Collins on Monday evening because of his blog.

That's a summary of the upside. So why aren't more PR students blogging?

• Social networking has moved to Facebook in 2007
• Unlike on Facebook, bloggers are too exposed to public view (I once likened it to a nudist beach)
• It's too easy to start a blog; but too hard to keep one going
• The more lecturers mention something, the more 'boring' it becomes

If you are a PR student, and I've not put you off, I'd still recommend you read my guidelines for PR student blogs. And learn from the example of Stephen, Paull Young and others.

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Ready, steady, blog

Stephen Davies has noticed a lack of new PR student blogs (the genre he helped define only a couple of years ago). It does seem odd when blogging's such a simple way to gain so much in terms of Google recognition. Me versus Murdoch: bring it on!

Take Katy Jameson: first in the world for her name (and first on Google images too). And all because she started a blog last year.

Paddy Doyle even entered into a dialogue with Google's DJ Collins on Monday evening because of his blog.

That's a summary of the upside. So why aren't more PR students blogging?

• Social networking has moved to Facebook in 2007
• Unlike on Facebook, bloggers are too exposed to public view (I once likened it to a nudist beach)
• It's too easy to start a blog; but too hard to keep one going
• The more lecturers mention something, the more 'boring' it becomes

If you are a PR student, and I've not put you off, I'd still recommend you read my guidelines for PR student blogs. And learn from the example of Stephen, Paull Young and others.