Report Summary: 报告摘要:
As the prevalence and social influence of weblogs continue to increase, the issue of the ethics of bloggers is relevant not only to the blogging community, but also to people outside it.作为流行和社会的影响维博继续增加,问题的伦理的博客是有关不仅Blog社区,而且还招揽外面的人。

This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers–personal and non-personal–through a worldwide web survey.本研究旨在探讨道德信仰和习俗的两种截然不同的群体的博客-个人和非个人-透过全球资讯网的调查。 Over a period of three weeks, 1,224 responses were collected and analysed.以上的三个星期之内, 1224反应收集和分析。

Our findings show that these two groups are distinctively different in demographics, blogging experiences, and habits.我们的研究结果显示,这两个团体是鲜明不同的人口统计,博客的经验,和习惯。 We also found that there are significant differences between personal and non-personal bloggers in terms of the ethical beliefs they value and the ethical practices to which they adhere.我们也发现有显着的差异,个人和非个人博客在条款的道德信仰,他们的价值和伦理的做法,他们坚持。

Key Findings: 主要结果:
Our findings indicate that 73% of the bloggers surveyed said that their weblogs are personal while the remaining 27% said that their weblogs are non-personal.我们的研究结果显示, 73 %的博客受访者表示,他们的博客是个人,而其余的27 %说,他们的博客都是非个人。 Further investigation of, these two groups revealed many significant differences between personal and non-personal bloggers.进一步的调查,这两个团体透露,许多重大的分歧,个人和非个人博客。

Personal and non-personal bloggers value and adhere to four ethical principles differently.个人和非个人博客的价值和坚持四个伦理原则不同。 For instance, personal bloggers believe that minimizing harm is more important than non-personal bloggers.举例来说,个人博客认为,尽量减少伤害,更重要的,比非个人博客。

For both groups of bloggers, they believe attribution is the most important and accountability the least important.为两个群体的博客,但他们相信的归属是最重要的和问责制,至少重要的。

The degree of association between ethical beliefs and practices is different for personal and non-personal bloggers: in general, the level of correspondence between what people believe and what they do is higher for non-personal bloggers than personal bloggers.程度协会之间的道德信仰和习俗不同,个人和非个人博客:一般来说,水平之间的来往书信什么人相信什么,他们做的是更高的非个人博客比个人博客。

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