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To evaluate the impact of the Text+ Blog on community outreach and engagement in the humanities.

June 19, 2026Open Access

Community Outreach through Scientific Blogging

Key Points

To evaluate the impact of the Text+ Blog on community outreach and engagement in the humanities.
Analyzed visitor statistics from 2024, recording over 5,472 unique visitors.
Identified core functions of the blog including dissemination and community networking.
Evaluated multichannel communication strategies involving platforms like LinkedIn and Mastodon.
Achieved an average of over 450 unique visitors per month.
53% of visitors accessed the blog directly while 28% used search engines.
Established five core functions that contribute to academic and community engagement.

Abstract

The Text+ Blog (ISSN 2941-2250) has served since 2022 as an open-access platform for text- and language-based research data in the humanities, connecting the European DARIAH community. Hosted on Hypotheses.org via OpenEdition and supported by the Max Weber Foundation, it combines academic citability with low-threshold usability. In 2024 the blog recorded 5,472 unique visitors, averaging over 450 per month, with 53% accessing directly and 28% via search engines. This poster presents the blog's five core functions, dissemination of project developments, presentation of related research and institutional services, community networking, open discourse via participatory design, and provision of citable reference material, as well as its multichannel communication strategy using LinkedIn, Mastodon, and the project website.

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