id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_xn3uyxse4rdpjnggbtryoiv67m Gill Kirkup Academic blogging: academic practice and academic identity 2010.0 10 .pdf application/pdf 5869 388 65 Taylor and FrancisCLRE_A_456256.sgm10.1080/14748460903557803London Review of Education1474-8460 (print)/1474-8479 (online)Original Article2010Taylor & Francis810000002010GillKirkupg.e.kirkup@open.ac.uk This paper describes a small-scale study which investigates the role of blogging in professional Keywords: blogging; writing; academic practice; scholarly texts; identity; academic literacies identities created through traditional kinds of scholarly writing styles embody values and 147–8) and Ewins (2005) who sees blogs as offering a medium for the creation of new academic Blogging as an activity is not only about creating scholarly products, it is 'performative writing' public blogs of a number of postgraduate students and young academics using Walker's categories. academic bloggers taking advantage of blogs in order to engage with their peers and students to write what he wants in the blog is an important aspect of academic freedom. 'Dr K' who has also published extensively in traditional academic media found that the blog in his writing, he was learning academic practice through blogging: ./cache/work_xn3uyxse4rdpjnggbtryoiv67m.pdf ./txt/work_xn3uyxse4rdpjnggbtryoiv67m.txt