As I have yet to get my textbook yet I can only rely on the notes I took in class to remind myself of what we learned in class today. Problem is, having 2 classes back-to-back taught by the same teacher is pretty confusing. Everything starts getting melting together in your brain. Is that good? It might actually be proof that I have more than 2 brain cells to rub together.
On to the serious stuff:
Kevin talked briefly about the history of the web and how it has evolved from Web1.0 to Web2.0. He then mentioned the abuse of the latter term with the 'invention' of Web3.0. It made me wonder if such a thing as Web3.0 is possible in the future. With passive, and now active web, could we possibly push the envelope and make it more? Perhaps, interactive? Or may be we are already at that stage. Then again, it is possible that 'interactive' falls under 'active', for it takes two hands to clap just as it takes two 'active' participants to 'interact'.
He also defined what a blog is, and why individuals and companies use blogs as a form of communication. These were simple enough to understand but they did not address the effects of blogs on their audience. While it is obvious that blogs have supplanted the personal diary, and possibly the corporate newsletter, they are in essence, the same words on a screen. Certainly, the web and consequently blogs are very much more accessible than hard copy documents; and it is my opinion that this greater accessibility and the increasing number of blogs - in particular blogs about some one's life, are correlated. Together, these factors have possibly made us more voyeuristic than before. After all, we read the personal blogs of people who are total strangers to us!
The blog is no longer just a way for friends to keep in touch with the goings-on in each other's lives but an open window into the other's personal thoughts and feelings. Imagine reading some one's personal diary! Of course, it can be said that personal blogs are not all that personal since people tend to censor what they write when they know they have an audience.
Regardless, as food for thought, we should all reflect on how blogs - personal, corporate, or otherwise, have affected us.
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Man, Fel... I love to read your blog(s), but when you write like that I just don't feel like writing anymore... Thy chiminology deflates me.
Well ok its not chim. But it's an impressively mapped out train of thought all the same. Something I'm not that good at.
Fel: A blog is like blank canvas, it can be anything you want it to be. There's this notion that they are just personal diaries which I have to disagree. There are many kinds of blogs out there which many of you aren't exposed to. One of which is the genre of academic blogs as I've shown in class.
It's good that you asked what effect blogs have on their audience, but like all other media, it depends on what effect you're looking for. Ask the same question about television, newspaper and radio... there is no singular effect but instead, it's granular and varies greatly according to the situation surrounding that particular media. Try tackling this idea throughout the semester and see if you find any effect blogs have over their readers.
On a lighter note, if you think taking two classes back to back by the same instructor is confusing, try it from my perspective. I feel like I'm running a talking marathon on those days! :P
Ok... I just skimmed through the whole post + comments. But here's a notion everyone have:
Blogs are Personal Diaries.
And everyone does everything at their own expense to keep it 'private'. Unless you have the tech know-how (like me, the geek), your blog will never be 'private'. Even if you keep your address top secret.
What scares us is that when we set up the blog, we have the whole world's eyes looking at us. It's something we have no control of - the unanticipated audience.
And we get scared.
That's the wisdom of blogging that most of us youth share. However, the blog is not limited to personal thoughts - which reflects in many youths' blogs.
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