Weekly Written Analysis 3:
Blogging
Who wants to write about anything and everything in a medium of which anyone in the world can read at any time they want? If this is you then writing a blog could be your dream come true. Blogging was formed in 1998 (Petracca, 399) and has grown to the millions of individuals bloggers you see today. Anyone and everyone can post their ideals, recipes, everyday activities, political views, etc.
A blog or weblog allows users to post their words in an electronic format that can include music, pictures, or videos. Once the writer has figured out what they want on their blog, they publish their ideas for the whole world to see. This allows for both professional writers and amateurs to have a route in which to get their words to the masses.
For the news media a blog can act as an extension of their television or print news stories. These stories should be factual and can allow readers to provide feedback, or their opinions, on the actual news story. It’s a way to allow the general public to interact with the news like never before. In the past it would be a matter of yelling at the television or getting frustrated with the newspaper, now listeners or readers can voice what they think about a specific story.
In 1999, Pitas launched the web’s first free blog building utility, in turn rushing the internet with amateurs and professional writers alike (Petracca, 400). Today sites like blogger.com allow for a user-friendly and easy way to build a blog and spread their word, whatever it may be. Little censorship, if any, is followed by many blogging sites. In turn authors can post whatever they want from the very tame to the extreme with just a click of the mouse.
References
Petracca, M. & Sorapure, M. (2007). Common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
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