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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter explains about the description the theory that related to the research. It consists of theoretical description of blog, writing, narrative text,
previous relevant study, conceptual framework and research hypothesis.
A. Blog
1. Definition of Blog
The World Wide Web also widely known as the web can be defined as a techno-social system to make humans communicate based on technological
networks which are different from internet but the most remarkable part of it.
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The term of the techno-social system refers to a system that increases human
cognition, communication and cooperation: the necessary prerequisite to communicate and the pre condition to cooperate cognition. Cooperations needs
communication and communication need cognition. There are four generations of web which consist of Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web
3.0, and Web 4.0. “Web 1.0 as a web of cognition, web 2.0 as a web of
communication, web 3.0 as a web of co-operation and web 4.0 as a web of integration are introduced such as four generation of the web since the advent of
web.”
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The development shows that the web is moving forward to become intelligent interaction in close future.
Blogs are included in the main technologies and services of web 2.0. There are some outlines that characterize the Web 2.0 including a massively connected
world which most Web 2.0 software application rely on there being a vast number of people connected to each other via internet. Other character is the role of users
as cocreator which people are no longer readers but also writers and creators. One of the outlines is openness. It means that people are available to access data and
software in a little or no cost. Rich experience is also characterize the Web 2.0
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Sareh Aghaei, Mohammad Ali Nematbakhash and Hadi Khosravi Farsani, Evolution of the World Wide Web: From Web 1.0 to Web 4.0, International Journal of Web Semantic
Technology IJWesT, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2012, p. 1.
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Ibid.
which people can closely take and share videos, photos, audios via internet to approximating real-life experience.
One of main technologies and service of Web 2.0 is called blog. The term of blog comes from a blend of the words web and log. It is a web consisted of entries
called posts which published chronologically with the most recent first, in journal style. The posts are automatically dated, archived and displayed in reverse
chronological order. The latest post is displayed at the top of the page and the older one gets further down. Visitors of the blogs also can add comment below
post entries and link to other webs. Most blogs are textual but there are other sorts such as photoblogs or photologs, videoblogs or vlogs and podcasts.
A source described that blogs are basic website allows users to post text, upload pictures, videos and provide links on the internet.
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These features are commonly ones provided in many blogs platform such as Blogger, Tumblr,
Wordpress and so on. Bloggers with unique and creative texts, pictures, videos or links usually will be commonly visited by other bloggers.
Musburger defines blog as s diary of a person’s thoughts, opinions, and activities with Web links accessible to certain people setup by the blogger.
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The information people share may various from less informative one to reliable
information. Usually, the more interesting information, opinions, activities and thoughts the more people visit the blog to add comments or merely read.
Furthermore, Ahluwalia concluded in her research that blog facilitates people to interact and comment in other posts which make blog as an effective approach,
highly productive and meaningful tool.
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In addition, based on McBride research, he cited that positive comments and reaction caused by global audience will be a
large scale of writing evaluation.
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The theory and result of research led to the fact
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Carol D. Rinke et. al., Using Blogs to Foster Inquiry, Collaboration, and Feedback in Pre-Service Teacher Education, New York: IGI Global, 2009, p. 306.
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Robert B. Musburger, An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media, Burlington: Elsevier Inc., 2007, p. 259.
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Gurleen Ahluwalia, Deepti Gupta, and Deepak Aggarwal, The Use of Blogs in English Language Learning: A Study of Student Perceptions, PROFILE, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2011, p. 33.
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Ronald McBride, Ph.D. and Valerie King, Ed. S., Improving Writing Skills Using Blogging in the Elementary Classroom: Choosing Tools They Use, 2010, p. 3.
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