11. Though they can be interesting, blogs are not an influential force in online news reporting.…
In this article there are several examples of how the use of the web, as well other types or media, such as IM, FB and Instagram have changed the way people thinks. One example is a person who says “Texting and IMing my friends gives me a constant feeling of comfort,” a University of Maryland student wrote after being asked to refrain from using electronic media for a day. “When I did not have those two luxuries, I felt quite alone and secluded from my life.” (Greenblatt, 2010)…
It allows for reflection, comments, and often has hyperlinks provided by the creator of the blog. “Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others. Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner…
2) A blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.…
In this literacy narrative, Blogs Are Not Pseudo-Diaries by Stacy Yi, Stacy talks about her experiences writing about her time spent in the Dominican Republic the summer after she graduated high school. The thesis statement of this narrative is “Far more interesting, though, was my hands-on education in the possibilities of travel journalism, and the freedom that comes with disregarding expectations.” Stacy talks about how there were lots of people who wanted to be kept up to date with her experiences while she was in the Dominican so she set up a blog where she could easily do so. At first she wrote mainly about how she was enjoying her time, posted some pictures, and wrote about missing home, the things she thought she should be writing about. Things she thought people wanted to read about. Stacy began to grow bored with what she was writing and the views on her posts were dwindling, she could tell her readers were becoming bored as well. Soon she stopped posting all together, she thought it was pointless. One day, she had a conversation with the oldest daughter of her host family and she knew she wanted to write about her and Stacy decided to post it. She started posting about local soccer games, restaurant reviews, disagreements she had with members of the family, things she really liked to write about. She felt better about the things she was writing, she felt satisfied. Stacy felt that writing day to day posts would provide a lot of information but not capture the feel of her trip to the Dominican. She felt that to make a good record of her trip she needed to write about things were relevant to her trip and in ways that fir the experiences she had.…
In the article “Blogs and Democratization”, John Vivian talks about how anyone can make a blog and express their opinion especially about polities and also influence people. A lot of people today have blogs because it’s affordable and it’s easy to access. Although before the new gatekeeping rule, blogging had no code of conduct. They would keep stories “alive that’ve been played out. They inform the public about anything whether it’s a fact or not. Anyone can be a blogger, the internet is a mass communication tool anything anyone post can go viral just by the click of a bottom. For example bloggers kept the presidential candidate John Kerry and his office intern affair alive. Nobody could not ignore what was said and Kerry and his intern…
Do not sit in front of the TV and stare, instead go read a book: a saying most children have heard from adults multiple times over the years. Goldberg in his blog post, “If technology is making us stupid, it’s not technology’s fault” describes how the introduction of technology into our daily lives, brings plenty of learning opportunities to the fingertips of many people that were otherwise unavailable. Goldberg’s purpose is to convey the idea that technology is not at fault for the decrease in intelligence. He equips himself with a matter-of-fact tone to appeal to his audience of parents and teachers that technology isn't causing the decline and that it is actually a useful tool for learning. Using the three persuasive appeals of logos, ethos…
To promote curiosity in addressing this topic using things that draw attention to the readers goes a long way a few ways to do so are: enhancing the headlines to make the story seem more interesting might help, doing more research to have a wide range of information and make it more detailed so that it does not lose the attention of the readers. Sometimes adding additional information that may not seem relevant at the time but will eventually make people not only keep the interest of the readers but it will also make them want to look for more of the authors work for more than just that topic past and most likely the will read their blog again. It would be effective to use these strategies to draw in more readers in this career field the broader the population blogger has the more they will receive requests for their work.…
Rajdeep, M. (2012, December 20). 5 main benefits for students to blog. Retrieved from http://www.syscortech.net/5-main-benefits-for-students-to-blog/…
Blogging is now such a large part of the internet and has gained a great deal of popularity and credibility that a negative write up on your business can be very damaging and in the hands of the right blogger can go viral over the internet.…
Blog – an informal web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.…
In this essay I will be discussing new technologies and the impact it has on the ever growing industry that is the media, but in particular I will be looking at how new technologies have had an impact on journalism. Technology has not only changed the way our media is produced, but it has also changed how we receive, believe, read, contribute and discuss the news we are reading. Media tycoons have found themselves surrounded by millions of much smaller, yet potentially just as loud, media voices which are appearing more and more every day in the form of blogs on the Net. The introduction of new technologies and the change in journalism through the ages has had both positive and negative impacts.…
This tells you whether an area needs rebranding or not as by using an Internet blog, there are so many people that have access to this, such as locals who would give their honest opinions. By having opinions from the public, you can take so many things into account. This is an easy source of gathering information from different types of people who have either visited the place, seen photographs or who are residents.…
4) Discuss how Blogs and Social Networking have altered our daily usage of the internet and the World Wide Web.…
Our generation’s lives revolve around the internet. Our every need can be fulfilled by the internet. We can get anything and everything such as answers to our questions, or ordering clothing and groceries, and social media. We turn to the internet for most of our answers because it is private and quick. Almost everyone can gain access to the internet which can be a very powerful tool for businesses if utilized in the right way. Blogging can be done by professionals or amateurs and can affect businesses either in a negative or positive way.…