Blog as the Current Phenomena and Benefits on Community
In 1998 there were numbers of sites of the type that are now identified as weblogs (named by Jorn Barger in December 1997). Public diaries are generally now refer to as Blogs. Blog has been around for almost a decade now, and the amount of users using it had been increasing rapidly and growing everyday. According to Luigi Canali De Rossi, about 120,000 new weblogs and 1.5 million posts are created each day. It is now a major trend which is use among the young and old in the whole word.
In 1998 there were numbers of sites of the type that are now identified as weblogs (named by Jorn Barger in December 1997). Public diaries are generally now refer to as Blogs. Blog has been around for almost a decade now, and the amount of users using it had been increasing rapidly and growing everyday. According to Luigi Canali De Rossi, about 120,000 new weblogs and 1.5 million posts are created each day. It is now a major trend which is use among the young and old in the whole word.
Why do we Blog?
There are different kinds of blogs ranging from political, corporate, genre, media, device and personal. Blogs are updated daily and often reflect the personality of the author (by Frank Catalano 2005). Blog do not usually have restrictions on the form of content being posted. It is web interface and easily accessible from any browser. The chart below shows the reason of blogging, a survey done by The Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Unlike any single piece of print journalism, its borders are extremely porous and its truth inherently transitory (Andrew Sullivan 2009). Blogging is a form of self global publishing that allows us to express ourselves and link others to related references and unlike other media,webs or journalism writing, there are restrictions and borders from getting us into a particular information, and writing an issue.
Benefits on Us
Many bloggers' these days had made themselves into the coverage community of young Malaysians and Singaporeans such as Kenny Sia and Xia Xue. Blogging is now another daily life thing, like brushing your teeth, watching television ads, commonly used by ordinary people, politicians, and celebrities. However, according to Perlmutter, "Blogging won't replace TV ads," and when different technologies come working together such as Blogger, YouTube, Digg, Google, can be a multiplier force in shaping our society.
Blog actually provide unlimited space of information, this lead to response from public opinion, arguments, criticism and freedom of speech. In the past, when a journalist did not manage to pick on something important on time, he might not have his news published at all or he needs t0 wait for an empty space in the newspaper or web but with blog, it changes everything. According to Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice president of digital operations for The New York Times Company “We have the bones now and the infrastructure to report about and edit the news continuously,”
References
Andrew Sullivan, "Why i Blog," Viewed 1st June 2009, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blog
Brandis Griffith, Effects of Blogs on Politics, Viewed 2nd June 2009, http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/november/20/blogs.shtml
Andrew Sullivan, "Why i Blog," Viewed 1st June 2009, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blog
Brandis Griffith, Effects of Blogs on Politics, Viewed 2nd June 2009, http://www.oread.ku.edu/2006/november/20/blogs.shtml
Frank Catalano, Why Blog, Viewed 31st May 2009, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17616
Mathew Ingram, "Can blogs affect Politics and Society?," Viewed 1st June 2009, http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/27/can-blogs-affect-politics-and-society/
Mathew Ingram, "Can blogs affect Politics and Society?," Viewed 1st June 2009, http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/27/can-blogs-affect-politics-and-society/
Rebecca Blood, "Weblogs:History and Perspectives," Viewed 31st May 2009, http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
Scott Karp, "The Evolution of Media," Viewed 2nd June 2009, http://publishing2.com/2006/07/19/3-million-bloggers-looking-to-make-money/
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