I got an email notification that the Weblog Ethics Survey Results are up and available. To be honest, I can't even remember whether I clicked the link to take the survey when the email first came. I think I did, but I've learned not to trust my memory of late. It's a fairly interesting read, regardless.
This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers--personal and non-personal--through a worldwide web survey. Over a period of three weeks, 1,224 responses were collected and analysed.
Our findings show that these two groups are distinctively different in demographics, blogging experiences, and habits. 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.
One of the comments suggested a "blogger's creed" as opposed to some sort of code of ethics. That could be a good idea. And besides, I dig creeds.
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