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Explore the benefits and negatives of academic writing vs journal/blog…
Explore the benefits and negatives of academic writing vs journal/blog writing
Journal/blog writing
Benefits
Easy to start
More reflective and informal
more personal
Narrative driven, makes for easier reading
Published online easily so easy for audience to access
Can add humour, photos, images and make more personal
Negatives
Subjective
Anecdotal and not necessarily backed by academic sources
Published online easily so open to criticism
Can be time consuming to maintain regularly
Academic writing
Benefits
Researched using academic sources
Uses sources and so backed up by evidence
Formal
Gared towards a specific audience so can help focus writing
Negatives
Formal - can be long and painstaking to write
Requires research which can be time consuming
Not always as easy to read for the audience
Difficult to publish