Some thoughts about Blogging

I have experienced Facebook, only I don’t really have a handle on it. I don’t know how to download pictures so my page remains dull. I do enjoy reading about my friends and family, but I’m reluctant to post much about what is happening in my own life. I think I am a bit shy and worry about others reactions to my postings. I don’t really think it has changed my life particularly, other than the fact that I feel a bit more connected. It is nice so view the pictures of friends and family.

Thought the web is becoming more and more important source for information are bloggs that dynamic? Does the public really view them that often? Well according to the articles that I read today and yesterday it seems they do. And that bloggs are becoming a very important piece of the American culture. not only bloggs helping Americans to clear the air and tell their side of the story it is helping commerce as well.

The statement made by Joel Bloom in his sage journal “the Internet is emerging as a vehicle for enhanced civic involvement with the potential to counteract the negative effects of television on the political process” seems far fetched to me because still there are too many Americans that don’t follow bloggs and don’t track the web for news. Yet, according to many of the articles I read many of Americans do find a good deal of their new on the web and blogs are indeed a great source for opinions.

Problems of blogging: there is so little room for subject objectivity. Only after someone has spilt his gutts can you give him your opinion and that may be too late for true indebt conversation to happen. Remember conversation is communication between two and not opinion stated by one and then opinion stated by another. It is the interaction that helps to build a good communication, and build relationships in the process. And so you see I am conflicted, do I believe or not. We will see. Throughout this class I hope I can come to a clear idea of what I believe.

In the article Collective Wisdom Based Blog Clustering the authors says that “A new kind of collective wisdom is generated” I think this could be true. Every time we read we take something with us. Whether it is a belief or disbelief it affects the way we think in the future. If enough of us read the same article and have similar thoughts it stands to reason collectively we would generate a new and collective wisdom. Perhaps that is what will give blogging power in the future. We will see.

Reference

Agarwal, N., Galan, M., Liu, H., & Subramanya, S. (2010). WisColl:. Information Sciences, 180(1), 39-61. doi:10.1016/j.ins.2009.07.010.