Answers To Blog Questions

A. I think that the main difference between a blog and a book is content. Books are written out with an order and a structure. Moreover books usually have one main topic which is discussed throughout. Blogs are written at random, they use slang, don't have to have a structure or punctuation or even a single topic. Blogs can skip through themes and genres and don't have to explain themselves, they don't even have to make a point. A blog is a series of random comments and people discussing whatever comes to mind.

B. Before blogs were pages linking relevant information together and was mainly informative. Today blogs are used for gossip, politics, news, socially and to get noticed. People can even unite under one idea and try to throw people out of office. A great example of a very effective way of using a blog was the idea of a world-wide peace march against the Farc. The idea spread and in on February 4th, dozens of countries held a march. This was organized all thanks so facebook!

C. I would read a blog to get simple information qucikly like world news or gossip and for communication. The biggest issue about blogging is how biased the comments are and I worry about the accuracy. Blogging is also a simple way to keep in touch with people abroad.

D. Yes there is a reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog. A blog is usually made to express one's opinion or to defend a view making a blog comply with the writer's perspective not actual facts. The news blogs may be less opinionated but even journalists subtly make the news biased. Just the fact that they can pick and choose what news they want to post is not giving the readers all the information. Even news can be chosen to fit certain factors to suit the writers and the company.

E. If I had my own blog I would title it somethink like "Suzy's Corner" and under it, I would write "click here and tell us what you think about a certain topic".