week 6
I thought it was interesting to read about how Americans were able to come together through blogging after 9/11. It is obvious that blogging is becoming a popular forum for expression and account of news over the web as of late. I think the important thing to think about when analyzing blogging and it's affects on our media, is that it really is just a personal account of what happened. I think that it might have a negative impact if any on established media. I personally think of blogs as something people use either as a personal journal, which for the most part doesn't interest me, or as a chance to have their voice heard, which again for the most part doesn't interest me. I think people already complain enough about news not being objective, so I think reading someone's personal account would certainly not be objective. I think that most people will stick to our established media for things that are important and use blogs as a fun way to communicate with friends and have an opportunity to publish something online.
Questions:
What do you think caused blogging to take off at such a fast pace?
Do you personally read blogs as a source of news or strictly for fun?
Do you blog outside of class?
posted by TrevorWade @ 11:05 AM
1 Comments:
I agree with Trevor, blogging to me consists of people writing journals about themselves and for voices to be heard. These are not important to me, but I do think it is a good way for issues that aren't in mainstream media to be heard. Although I would not spend the time to read them there is a market out there that would take the time to read these issues and respond.
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