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In the article Blogging as a professional liability ?
I already pointed out how blogging can negatively impact on job
prospects. Kairosnews features an
interesting account by Hannibal who thinks that
blogging is too risky if an academic career is envisaged. "Ultimately,
I think the answer to this dilemma is pretty clear: graduate students
simply should not blog, and if they do blog they should never do so
under their real names." Either distribute your micro-content as a
conscious self-promotion only and get that job. Or write up the
required papers and give up blogging. Alternative scenarios could
consist of blogs being didactically and structurally integrated into
higher educational learning environments. Encouraging open, transparent
scholarly exchanges on communication platforms would implicitly
contribute to the authors' academic 'presence' and equip them for new
work practices. Private blogs should have the liberty to construct
identities free of systemic pressures, if need be, anonymously.
