Setting up a blogger account and starting to blog on my own has definitely changed my perspective on blogging. I used to think that blogging was just for people who had no one that would listen to their opinions so they just threw them out on the internet hoping someone would find interest in them. Now I’m starting to realize the effect that blogging can have on the public, especially if the blogger has interesting opinions. I also think that blogging does have a strong similarity to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. People use these sites to give their opinions and thoughts and find people that share their views. I think that blogging and formal writing today are becoming more similar. It used to be that blogging was a bit more unfinished while reading a newspaper or a magazine article was a more polished piece. However, I believe that if more and more people, especially people that are able to give their opinions both interestingly and intelligently, start blogging then it will become a more viable writing medium.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Creating The Blog
It was surprisingly easy to set up my blogger account. I already had a Google account, and after that all that was needed was signing in and checking the terms and agreements box. The most difficult part about creating the blog was definitely naming the blog and the URL address. I wasn’t sure if the blog should have had a clever title or just a simple one to indicate that it was for the Academic Writing course. I decided to go with a title that would just identify that it was for the rhetorical writing class because in case I decided or was required to have different blogs in the future then it would be easy to keep them separate. Although the prospect of having my opinions out for anyone to read is both exciting and terrifying.
Setting up a blogger account and starting to blog on my own has definitely changed my perspective on blogging. I used to think that blogging was just for people who had no one that would listen to their opinions so they just threw them out on the internet hoping someone would find interest in them. Now I’m starting to realize the effect that blogging can have on the public, especially if the blogger has interesting opinions. I also think that blogging does have a strong similarity to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. People use these sites to give their opinions and thoughts and find people that share their views. I think that blogging and formal writing today are becoming more similar. It used to be that blogging was a bit more unfinished while reading a newspaper or a magazine article was a more polished piece. However, I believe that if more and more people, especially people that are able to give their opinions both interestingly and intelligently, start blogging then it will become a more viable writing medium.
Setting up a blogger account and starting to blog on my own has definitely changed my perspective on blogging. I used to think that blogging was just for people who had no one that would listen to their opinions so they just threw them out on the internet hoping someone would find interest in them. Now I’m starting to realize the effect that blogging can have on the public, especially if the blogger has interesting opinions. I also think that blogging does have a strong similarity to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. People use these sites to give their opinions and thoughts and find people that share their views. I think that blogging and formal writing today are becoming more similar. It used to be that blogging was a bit more unfinished while reading a newspaper or a magazine article was a more polished piece. However, I believe that if more and more people, especially people that are able to give their opinions both interestingly and intelligently, start blogging then it will become a more viable writing medium.
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Yeah Dani, I found that making a title for my blog was the hardest part, too. I liked your comment at the end about blogging becoming a more viable medium because more and more people are doing it. I used to think that blogging tended to be unfinished, unreliable work, but I would agree that if more people begin blogging it may put the pressure on to have more quality blog posts.
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