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BLOG
definition: a.k.a.
blogger -or- blogrolling -or- weblog
-or- Web log -or- blogosphere
A Web site (or section of a Web site)
where users can post a chronological,
up-to-date e-journal entry of their
thoughts. Each post usually contains a
Web link. Basically, it is an open forum
communication tool that, depending on
the Web site, is either very
individualistic or performs a crucial
function for a company.
Hey BLOGGERS, join our
community and post
your blog link!
blogging
it seems everyone these days is
blogging. We used to call it a journal,
and well, before that a diary. but hey, read a blog -it's great fun.
diaries
ya, way back when...diaries were for
girls mostly. We had neat little diaries
with neat little keys that not-so neat
brothers would break into. Now blogs are read on programs, news catchers
pick blogs up. Some blogs, of course are betterthan others but all blogs are
someone sharing their lives.
so now
we blog. We write down every menial,
dreary thought and throw it out into
cyberspace. Of course some people have
more exciting lives than others but
hey....there is something oddly queer
(no not that kinda queer) but odd, about
a mundane simple life. I guess because
they are becoming rare.
blogging along...
I woke at 7:30 am to an early ph call
from a friend for a wee chat. well the
wee chat covered the physics of the
universe, spiritual healing, my car, and
my friends many interests...
and on.....
After that brain wake up I made hot
chocolate and nibbled a bran muffin and
started work on the computer. Stopped
and hauled in some wood, hauled in some
water...started a fire and washed last
nights dishes.
and on....good grief
I moved my car and shoveled my drive,
worked more on the net, a few more phone
calls...everyone fine....nibbled another
muffin, got some tools out to tackle a
broken furnace, big job, all greasy and
dirty, wash up, dogs in dogs out. cat in
cat out. more furnace. more computer
work, outside for a break, haul some
junks around. dream about spring. more
ph calls. furnace nozzle and filter
replaces, electrodes cleaned and
scraped, wire new relay. discover new
relay is a dud. rewire old relay.
furnace runs better but relay does not
kick in. oh well, another day tomorrow.
Lunch. mindless tv. computer till 1 am.
arrrrg bed already. nite...blog away
Do Blogs
Dynamically Transform the Modern American Political Culture by
Jonathon Hardcastle
Recently web logs, or blogs, have
exploded in popularity and have come to occupy an increasingly important
place in American politics. Given the disparity in resources and
organization against other actors, their influence presents a puzzle. How
can a collection of decentralized, nonprofit, contrarian and discordant
websites exercise any influence over political and policy outputs? As the
World Wide Web approaches its teens, we have new expectations about both the
right to express an opinion and access to information upon which to base
that opinion. Blogs have begun playing an important role in raising people's
expectations Thus, blogs have demonstrated influence; the power to affect
events. Blogging is now positioned inside the context of participatory
journalism and the responses of mainstream media and political parties to
the new technology are reflections of its emerging influence. From what
evidence illustrates, blogs have managed to affect today's news agenda.
The Italian Renaissance gave
Western civilization several crucial transformations. None, for this
article's purposes, matters more than perspective. Boccaccio's Decameron,
published in 1353, is considered to be among the earliest works of
literature to propose that a point of view is crucial to understanding.
Gutenberg's printing press brought forth a revolution that no one could have
anticipated at the time. Today, the Internet is the most important medium
since the printing press. It subsumes all that has come before and is, in
the most fundamental way, transformative. When anyone can be a writer, in
the largest sense and for a global audience, many wish to become one.
Actually, no better environment exists nowadays for people to exercise these
among many other rights, than the Internet and one of the best mediums to
exercise these rights are weblogs.
According to some critics, most
weblogs will never attempt to reach a public, even if they are in theory
reachable by all Net users. The great majority of weblogs will probably be
for personal use, while the user base will be peer to peer, not author to
public. Other critics, in their attempt to evaluate the accelerating speed
of the weblog trend, support that from what it seems so far, it is probable
that most weblogs will be short lived, and wind up abandoned, just as most
conversations are abandoned. Also it is probable that a few popular blogs
will have huge user base and the vast majority will be invisible most of the
time, a pattern that reminds some of the "old" and "traditional" mass media.
Since the software and interface are highly flexible, and the uses of an
easily updated, good-looking page are endless, weblogs will be commonly used
in closed systems - private and company networks - as much as the open
waters of the Web.
In relation to political coverage
and news stories, bloggers have broken or magnified major news stories and
blogs themselves draw fire for partisan politics, poor journalistic
practices, and duplicity. But the issue still remains that blogs are still
in their infancy, despite the wave of press they have received during the
last two years. They provide a reasonable, but far from perfect, entry point
into the news space, better at offering commentary and starting
conversations than serving a current-events-indicator role.
About the Author
Jonathon Hardcastle writes
articles on many topics including
Business,
Employment, and
Real Estate
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