Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A. What is the difference between a blog and a book?

the differeence between a blog and a book is that a book tends to tell you everything you need to know in order to understand what is going on, while a blog simply exposes randomly, assuming you know exactly what the writer is speaking of, without giving you any background information. A blog is also a virtual piece of writing, while a book is a published one. Blogs also seeme to be more improvised, usually those who write blogs use common expressions or slang words, they write things that don't necessarily make complete sense to the readers.



B. How have blogs changes recently?

Blogs have recently become a massive form of communication. People all over the world can both read and write blogs, the only thing they need is internet connection. Blogs have become popular throughout this past decade, for there are currently around 15 million active ones. Bloggers write about anything they can possibly think of, every novelty, every piece of gossip, news leads to a blog. They have become a part of our culture and way of life.



C. Why might you read a blog?

One might read a blog to know about the diverse points of view people have to offer. For a certain issue, someone may be tired of reading from the same journalist who shows the same bias on the same news paper or magazine. A blog offers us a way of getting to know other people without even having to meet them. We learn about what goes on in their life, their country; we learn abou their culture and their background throughout their writing.



D. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?

Blogs are not perhaps the most reliable pieces of writing, due to that they are highly opinionated and biased. Blogs tend to be completely the opposite of objective. They expose diverse points of view, hardly will they ever be fair or just to those they speak of. Blogs can be about nearly any topic, and nearly anyone can write one, therefore they ought to be subjective.

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