Weblogs (blogs) adapt web technology to allow for instant, updated and frequentcommunication of information such as events, personal interests, thoughts, and news. The conversational nature of blogs can be used to uniquely identify topics and similar areas ofinterest (Herring et al., 2005).
‘A Web Blog / Blog is a web site structured like an on-line diary, with one or more people posting messages’ (Reep, 2006, p.41.) This is more referring to bloggers that use blogs as a online diary, posting personal messages.
The biggest selling point of blogs is where there is a interactivity compound inside where ‘visitors’ can leave comment and interaction can be made though blogs. Blogs has also makes a great impact to the internet and setting a platform for more freedom of speech online.
The estimate numbers of blogs has reached to over 2.1 million, which 66 per cent are active. (NITLE Blog Census,2004). It is so easy to create a blog nowadays with the help of free blog hosting websites. Everyone from 8 to 80 years old can blog.
As for the community effects, it is once said that blog has become the alternative media which have joint up with multi-media technology. Photos, videos, hyperlink and many more widgets can be added in to the blog.
Furthermore, blogging has expands the freedom of speech online, giving whoever to have a chance to publish their work and exposing their interest to anyone around the world. It also became one of the trading site, where people post items on their blogs to sell, which is consider as a no-cost trading.
The biggest selling point of blogs is where there is a interactivity compound inside where ‘visitors’ can leave comment and interaction can be made though blogs. Blogs has also makes a great impact to the internet and setting a platform for more freedom of speech online.
The estimate numbers of blogs has reached to over 2.1 million, which 66 per cent are active. (NITLE Blog Census,2004). It is so easy to create a blog nowadays with the help of free blog hosting websites. Everyone from 8 to 80 years old can blog.
As for the community effects, it is once said that blog has become the alternative media which have joint up with multi-media technology. Photos, videos, hyperlink and many more widgets can be added in to the blog.
Furthermore, blogging has expands the freedom of speech online, giving whoever to have a chance to publish their work and exposing their interest to anyone around the world. It also became one of the trading site, where people post items on their blogs to sell, which is consider as a no-cost trading.
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Reference:
Herring, S.C., et al. (2005) ‘Conversations in the blogosphere: an analysis “from the bottom up”’,Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Los Alamitos,USA, pp.107–118.
Reep, D., 2006, ‘Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies & Reading, 6th edn, Pearson Education Inc, USA
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