This is it. The last module for my project. What is the half life of a blog when the creator does not log in anymore? Do they float around in cyberspace until then end of creation, or when the main server needs to clear space (whichever comes first). Doubtful I will add anything after the class is finished. When I run for president, I suppose some journalist will find this site and use it against me somehow.
I looked at a few vanity and info blogs before settling on these two;
http://www.zedshaw.com/blog/index.html
http://barcelonaphotoblog.blogspot.com/
The first one is a "vanity" blog, concerning the life and opinions of a guy named "Zed". His so called vanity is tongue in cheek and obviously meant to be taken as humor. The second blog is a photo blog pertaining to Barcelona, Spain (which is where I am heading this fall).
There is absolutely no way to compare these two blogs, as they are as different as a grape and a gorilla. The only similarity is they list the profile of the author. Their differences are many. The travel blog offers no opinions, whereas the vanity blog is full of them. The travel blogs author simply takes what he is interested in, photography, and shows it to the world. He just uses a beautiful medium in a picturesque location and comments on the pictures. Very fascinating photos. The other blog, while at times humorous, does nothing for me. I don't care who the person is, what his opinions are or what he had for breakfast.
As with my other posts, I don't see how this type of blogging can have an impact on print journalism. Especially the vanity blog. I can not even begin to answer the question of what makes a good vanity blog. Who cares. Life is way to short to read endless blogs about somebody and their opinions, or life in general. If I knew this person, I would prefer to spend time with them and find out this information. An info blog on the other hand is a great way to find information pertaining to your particular topic at hand. As with other sites on the internet, you must be able to determine whether or not the information is truthful, which can easily be done by visiting other sites to see if you can find the same information.
I believe this supports my original theory that blogging does not significantly impact print journalism.
Have a good life everyone, you only get one go at it!!
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6 comments:
Like yourself i do believe that there are many differences as well in these two blogs, but at the same time i do feel that there are similarities in the two. Nicely formatted and informed blog.
Hi Terry,
Those are two very different blogs, no doubt.
I agree with you that I don't think blogging has much of an effect on print media.
Enjoy your trip to Spain!
All of the Vanity blogs I found as well I didn't even want to bother reading. They were all just peoples journals and there opinions and just like you said..Who Cares? Even though i did find a good info blog it was still just someones opinion and it wasn't true facts so I agree with you that print journalism hasn't been affected by blogging.
Overall I think you did a good job. However, it seems as though you don't see any postive things about personal blogs, but I think there can be. For instance, what if someone goes out of town or goes away to school. A blog might be away for that person to communicate more successfully with his or her family and friends back home. Instead of just talkin on the phone, a person can post picutes and videos to help the people back home see what things he or she is experiencing.
I believe your blog had some good points. I do believe their is some differences in my blogs though I did find some similarities also.
I actually never thought about what happens to the life of a blog. I wonder if it's deleted after a certain amount of time or it stays there forever.
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