Content Analysis of Comments and Posts within Individual and Collective Farsi Library and Information Science Weblogs

The present study employed a content analysis method for analyzing the posts and comments in 85 individual and 31 collective weblogs published in Farsi on the subject of Library and information science. Studies showed that the average monthly postings in collective weblog are more than individual weblogs, while regarding the comments posted the reverse is true. The highest numbers of postings in both weblogs were authored, while the least postings belonged to translations for individual weblogs, and image for collective weblogs. The highest number of postings in individual weblogs was about miscellaneous topics while in collective weblogs, it was publishing. Most comments offered in individual weblogs concerned miscellaneous items and weblogs while in collective weblogs, ICT and information systems followed miscellaneous topics.