Report Summary: 報告摘要:
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.作為流行和社會的影響維博繼續增加,問題的倫理的博客是有關不僅Blog社區,而且還招攬外面的人。

This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers–personal and non-personal–through a worldwide web survey.本研究旨在探討道德信仰和習俗的兩種截然不同的群體的博客-個人和非個人-透過全球資訊網的調查。 Over a period of three weeks, 1,224 responses were collected and analysed.以上的三個星期之內, 1224反應收集和分析。

Our findings show that these two groups are distinctively different in demographics, blogging experiences, and habits.我們的研究結果顯示,這兩個團體是鮮明不同的人口統計,博客的經驗,和習慣。 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.我們也發現有顯著的差異,個人和非個人博客在條款的道德信仰,他們的價值和倫理的做法,他們堅持。

Key Findings: 主要結果:
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.我們的研究結果顯示, 73 %的博客受訪者表示,他們的博客是個人,而其餘的27 %說,他們的博客都是非個人。 Further investigation of, these two groups revealed many significant differences between personal and non-personal bloggers.進一步的調查,這兩個團體透露,許多重大的分歧,個人和非個人博客。

Personal and non-personal bloggers value and adhere to four ethical principles differently.個人和非個人博客的價值和堅持四個倫理原則不同。 For instance, personal bloggers believe that minimizing harm is more important than non-personal bloggers.舉例來說,個人博客認為,盡量減少傷害,更重要的,比非個人博客。

For both groups of bloggers, they believe attribution is the most important and accountability the least important.為兩個群體的博客,但他們相信的歸屬是最重要的和問責制,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.程度協會之間的道德信仰和習俗不同,個人和非個人博客:一般來說,水平之間的來往書信什麼人相信什麼,他們做的是更高的非個人博客比個人博客。

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