Research On Blogging
Research On Blogging
Introduction
Everyone loves hearing the latest news about their favorite (or most hated) celebrities, but
entertainment is more than just celebrity gossip.
Could you manage without watching TV after a long day at the office? Without clearing your
mind reading a good magazine, meeting your friends to see the Monday night Football match
together, going to the movies for a double header once in a while, or even reading your favorite
celebrity gossip and fails on the internet?
Entertainment is a broad concept that embodies tons of different things that entertains us.
We all need our daily dose of entertainment so that our life will not be so boring! We need a
celeb to idolize, an athlete to admire, and basically everything that is extraordinary to make our
life more interesting.
There is a growing need to know what brand our favorite celebrity is wearing, what is their style
etc. The entertainment & fashion websites prove to be the best source to know all about the
mentioned topics. They act as a medium for hourly updates on life of your favorite celebrities.
Objectives
1) To study the popularity of these websites amongst various groups especially the youth
2) To study their impact on the modern day consumer
Survey Analysis
In order to get the answers to the above objectives, a survey was conducted. In the survey
conducted, out of 50 respondents, 40% of the respondents were male and 60% were Females.
Also majority of the respondents lie under the age group of 18-25 years.
15%
18-25
16-35
25%
60%
35 and above
Internet Exposure
In order to understand the popularity & effect of fashion websites, it was very important to
understand the exposure to internet in general. From the survey we could see that 38.10% of the
respondents spend an average of 5-10 hours per week on the internet while 33.33% of the
respondents spend more than 15 hours per week on the internet.
38.10%
33.33%
19.05%
9.52%
2-5 hours
5-10 hours
10-15 hours
15+ hours
Thus, it would be suitable to conclude that majority of the respondents spend monumental time
on the internet and hence might be exposed to various internet mediums and platforms.
Updating Fashion Knowledge
When inquired about how they keep themselves up to date with latest fashion knowledge,
52.38% of the respondents did so through the medium of E-News followed by blogs at 23.81%.
52.38%
23.81%
14.29%
9.52%
0%
TV News
Newspaper
E-News
Magazines
Blogs
TV News
Newspaper
E-News
Magazines
Blogs
Others
1
16.67
15.79
26.32
5.26
5.56
18.75
2
16.67
26.32
15.79
26.32
33.33
18.75
3
11.11
10.53
5.26
31.58
0
12.50
4
22.22
21.05
10.53
10.53
16.67
6.25
5
33.33
26.32
26.32
10.53
38.89
6.25
6
0
0
15.79
1.79
5.56
37.50
From the above data we can conclude that people rely on internet and the platforms that it
provides like websites & blogs so as to update their fashion knowledge.
Blog Awareness
The respondents were asked if they followed any blogs or were a part of any blog, to which
around 60% of the respondents replied yes.
No
40%
Yes
60%
Further the respondents were asked to name a few of fashion websites and blogs that they
followed. The most popular were Vogue.com. Style.com, MissMalini, IMBB & Pintrest.
Blog Purpose
When asked about why they follow blogs, 65% of the respondents referred to blogs to gain
knowledge on a particular topic followed by shopping at 25%.
65%
25%
10%
0%
Knowldege
Discussion On
A Topic
Shopping
Business
Blogs Attraction
In order to understand the popularity of the blogs, the respondents were asked which factors
attracted them to the blog. For 70% of the respondents it was content of the blog while for 30%
of them it was the look & feel of the blog.
70%
30%
0%
Content
Loyalty
Blogs Utility
When asked if they found the blog and services provided were useful for them, 94.74% found
them useful while 5.26% did not find them useful.
No
5%
Yes
95%
Blog Influence
The respondents were asked how have blogs helped and influenced them in the past.
For 13% of the respondents, blogs have influenced their professional life. 21.7% of respondents
use blogs for their personal use. Whereas 4.34% of respondents use blogs for their personal as
well as professional life. Majority of the respondents refer to blogs for shopping and to gain
fashion knowledge. The share was 21.7% of the respondents for both the categories.
21.70%
21.70%
21.70%
17.39%
13%
4.34%
Professional
Personal
Both
Shopping
Knowledge
None
No
95%
Questionnaire
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