HW# 13
Responding to Blogs will change your business from Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture
“How big are blogs? (223)" People used to think that blogs were going to change the world, that your business would only succeed if you had a successful blog. But recently that view has changed, see “There’s a little problem, though. Many of you don’t visit blogs- or haven’t since blogs became a sensation in last year’s Presidential race. (222)” Well really 2004s presidential race, but that’s not the point. The point is if most of us are not taking the time to even look at blogs, “27% of Internet users in America now bother to read them,” then how will they change our businesses? They won’t, will they?? See these numbers suggest that the world of blogging is changing, again.
If we look at some more numbers we can see that business blogs aren’t all that important as we thought they would become, “There are some 9 million blogs out there, with 40,000 new ones popping up each day. Some discuss poetry, others constitutional laws. And, yes, many are just plain silly. ‘Mommy tells me it may rain today. Oh Yucky Dee Doo,’ reads one April posting. Let’s assume that 99.9% are equally off point. So what? That leaves some 40 new ones everyday that could be talking about your business, engaging your employees, or leaking those merger discussions you thought were hush-hush.” But if we look at this quote that they said before they told us this, “We know, we know: Most of you are sick to death of blogs.” “But you cannot afford to close your eyes to them, because they’re simply the most explosive outbreak in the information world since Internet itself. And they’re going to shake up just about every business- including yours. (223)” Then how many of those business blogs are the ones being looked at?? My guess is as good as yours, but for some reason I believe that most of them are not, I know that when my friends and I go online we aren’t looking at business blogs we are looking at people we knows blogs. So then how can business blogs be so impacting? I personally only ever looked at one and it was for this class.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
HW#11 Chinese Blog
HW#11
After reading the interview with Rebecca MacKinnon in the book Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture I continued my research by looking at many of the blogs mentioned in her interview. The one blog that caught my eye more then the others was RConversation. This blog is by Rebecca MacKinnon herself, the blog looks like any other not so colorful blog, but the blog is about how Chinese bloggers are being affected by the communist leaders and their rules on blogging, so it’s okay that it’s not colorful. The blog mainly contains links to other blogs and articles on Chinese blogging and how china is censoring the things people write on their blogs. Rebecca MacKinnon doesn’t seem to mention that she has her own blog in her interview, so there is not really anything for me to compare the actual blog to from her interview. Why in an interview about blogging would you not mention that you have your own blog on the matter?? Although some readers may object I believe that the Chinese not blogging may be a good thing, I know that if there was a possibility that I may go to jail or even worse for blogging just to get information out that I would stop blogging. I mean blogging is a fast and easy way to get information to many people all over the world but if it means that you are going to get in trouble resort to the old ways of communication. How hard can it be??
After reading the interview with Rebecca MacKinnon in the book Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture I continued my research by looking at many of the blogs mentioned in her interview. The one blog that caught my eye more then the others was RConversation. This blog is by Rebecca MacKinnon herself, the blog looks like any other not so colorful blog, but the blog is about how Chinese bloggers are being affected by the communist leaders and their rules on blogging, so it’s okay that it’s not colorful. The blog mainly contains links to other blogs and articles on Chinese blogging and how china is censoring the things people write on their blogs. Rebecca MacKinnon doesn’t seem to mention that she has her own blog in her interview, so there is not really anything for me to compare the actual blog to from her interview. Why in an interview about blogging would you not mention that you have your own blog on the matter?? Although some readers may object I believe that the Chinese not blogging may be a good thing, I know that if there was a possibility that I may go to jail or even worse for blogging just to get information out that I would stop blogging. I mean blogging is a fast and easy way to get information to many people all over the world but if it means that you are going to get in trouble resort to the old ways of communication. How hard can it be??
Thursday, September 20, 2007
HW# 9 "My suicide blog online"
HW#9
When reading Ayelet Waldman's interview in the book Blog! how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture I was very surprised, I know that a lot of people let their emotions show in their blogs but I never knew that anyone would put that much personal information in something that anyone anywhere in the world could read at any point in time. This lead me to read her blog online. There are many things that Ayelet and her interviewer discuss that are very interesting and opinionated, but how much information is too much to put on your blog?? I'm of two minds about what Ayelet believe is okay to put in your blogs. On the one hand I agree that if you post personal thing such as that you had a miscarriage it gives people an opportunity to talk about what happened with others who have experienced the same thing. On the other hand I'm not sure if I agree that all things are appropriate to be posting on your blog, things like sex, and how you are bipolar and emotionally abusive to her children, I don’t believe is appropriate. I do think that Ayelet's writing on her blog about suicide showed people that she needed help, but I think that information about your sex life and what you do with your husband is your business and no one other than yours. I think there is a limit to what you should be telling the world about your life, I think it is great that there are support group blogs online for things like miscarriage and genetic termination, but should you really be posting about your sex life??
I personal don't think so but Ayelet thinks that it’s okay, well I guess that is where opinion comes into play.
When reading Ayelet Waldman's interview in the book Blog! how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture I was very surprised, I know that a lot of people let their emotions show in their blogs but I never knew that anyone would put that much personal information in something that anyone anywhere in the world could read at any point in time. This lead me to read her blog online. There are many things that Ayelet and her interviewer discuss that are very interesting and opinionated, but how much information is too much to put on your blog?? I'm of two minds about what Ayelet believe is okay to put in your blogs. On the one hand I agree that if you post personal thing such as that you had a miscarriage it gives people an opportunity to talk about what happened with others who have experienced the same thing. On the other hand I'm not sure if I agree that all things are appropriate to be posting on your blog, things like sex, and how you are bipolar and emotionally abusive to her children, I don’t believe is appropriate. I do think that Ayelet's writing on her blog about suicide showed people that she needed help, but I think that information about your sex life and what you do with your husband is your business and no one other than yours. I think there is a limit to what you should be telling the world about your life, I think it is great that there are support group blogs online for things like miscarriage and genetic termination, but should you really be posting about your sex life??
I personal don't think so but Ayelet thinks that it’s okay, well I guess that is where opinion comes into play.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
HW#7 Should Parents monitor MY so-called Blog???
HW#7
Do I think that parents should monitor their middle-school child's writing online???
That is a good question... I do not believe that parents should monitor their child's online writing but that they should be apart of it. They should not read their child's writing or even look at it unless the child is okay with it. But I do believe that ever parent should know to talk to their child about the dangers of posting personal information online, and how dangerous it can be to talk to people you don't know, even online. I think that parents should advise their children to post their blogs as private if they are going to post, I think it is really creepy that people you don't know can read your "online Diary," and the fact that this kid J. allowed Emily to come see him at school and talk to him, he doesn't know this person. I think that online writing is a good way for teenagers to express themselves to their friends and class mates. Emily Nussbaum and the person she interviews in Blog! how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, puts the way I feel about blogging into really good words J. "called it 'better than therapy,' a way to get out his true feelings- all the emotions he thought might get him in trouble if he expressed them in school or at home." ( Kline and Burnstein 352)
I think that this quote explains why people blog, they can express how they feel and not know that people are judging them unless they post a comment, and if its a bad comment they don't have to read it. So it really is like "group therapy" only better.
Do I think that parents should monitor their middle-school child's writing online???
That is a good question... I do not believe that parents should monitor their child's online writing but that they should be apart of it. They should not read their child's writing or even look at it unless the child is okay with it. But I do believe that ever parent should know to talk to their child about the dangers of posting personal information online, and how dangerous it can be to talk to people you don't know, even online. I think that parents should advise their children to post their blogs as private if they are going to post, I think it is really creepy that people you don't know can read your "online Diary," and the fact that this kid J. allowed Emily to come see him at school and talk to him, he doesn't know this person. I think that online writing is a good way for teenagers to express themselves to their friends and class mates. Emily Nussbaum and the person she interviews in Blog! how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, puts the way I feel about blogging into really good words J. "called it 'better than therapy,' a way to get out his true feelings- all the emotions he thought might get him in trouble if he expressed them in school or at home." ( Kline and Burnstein 352)
I think that this quote explains why people blog, they can express how they feel and not know that people are judging them unless they post a comment, and if its a bad comment they don't have to read it. So it really is like "group therapy" only better.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
HW#6 What I want to do for my Semester-long Project
HW#6
There are many things that look interesting to me from the list of things we can research for our semester-long project.
For the social computing technologies I am interested in the Blogs because that's what we are learning about in class and I would like to see the other types of blogs that are out there. I am also interested in the Bulletin boards and forums I just though that these look interesting and would like to see more of them and how they work. I am also interested in the Social networking services, I am interested in how these effect different people all over the world because people my age are using all over the world, and I know how it effects me, but would like to see how others are effected by them.
I am interested in how Social computing technologies effect overcoming inequities in access to education and overcoming barriers of rural communities because I would one day like to teach in an smaller less fortunate area. I would also like to research overcoming sexism, because I believe that there is still a problem with sexism.
The areas that I would like to research are South and Central America and the US. I am interested in these areas because they are close to home, I know people who live in these areas. i would like to know how people who live in the same country and people who live in different countries are effected by the same aspects of technology.
There are many things that look interesting to me from the list of things we can research for our semester-long project.
For the social computing technologies I am interested in the Blogs because that's what we are learning about in class and I would like to see the other types of blogs that are out there. I am also interested in the Bulletin boards and forums I just though that these look interesting and would like to see more of them and how they work. I am also interested in the Social networking services, I am interested in how these effect different people all over the world because people my age are using all over the world, and I know how it effects me, but would like to see how others are effected by them.
I am interested in how Social computing technologies effect overcoming inequities in access to education and overcoming barriers of rural communities because I would one day like to teach in an smaller less fortunate area. I would also like to research overcoming sexism, because I believe that there is still a problem with sexism.
The areas that I would like to research are South and Central America and the US. I am interested in these areas because they are close to home, I know people who live in these areas. i would like to know how people who live in the same country and people who live in different countries are effected by the same aspects of technology.
HW#5b summary and what I disagree with
Hw#5b
When reading Kline and Burnstein's book Blog chapter " I blog therefore I am" there wasn't much that I disagreed with, most of the chapter seemed to be about statistics of blogging and where "old" media is going, but there is one point that I did question. Kline and Burnstein claim that the newspaper reading among young people is experiencing a "dramatic drop." They then go on to give us some statistics that show that not many young people read the newspaper the day before.
I question not Kline and burnstein but who they got their information from. I do not deny that this information is correct, but I would like to see these statistics over a long period of time. I do not believe that the numbers have changed all that much from years ago. I believe that not many young people have ever recently read the newspaper. So if this is the case then the only alarming thing is the amount of time young people are spending on the internet.... but some time the time we spend on the internet is for learning... (like the time it took me to make this blog.) It isn't always just playing games and checking up with friends.
When reading Kline and Burnstein's book Blog chapter " I blog therefore I am" there wasn't much that I disagreed with, most of the chapter seemed to be about statistics of blogging and where "old" media is going, but there is one point that I did question. Kline and Burnstein claim that the newspaper reading among young people is experiencing a "dramatic drop." They then go on to give us some statistics that show that not many young people read the newspaper the day before.
I question not Kline and burnstein but who they got their information from. I do not deny that this information is correct, but I would like to see these statistics over a long period of time. I do not believe that the numbers have changed all that much from years ago. I believe that not many young people have ever recently read the newspaper. So if this is the case then the only alarming thing is the amount of time young people are spending on the internet.... but some time the time we spend on the internet is for learning... (like the time it took me to make this blog.) It isn't always just playing games and checking up with friends.
Monday, September 10, 2007
HW #4 My apple Ipod
HW #4
For this blog I looked up a product that was in both my room and in our reading, my Apple Ipod. When I used to think about the Apple Ipod I thought about the style and how COOL I would be because I like almost everyone else in my high school had an Ipod, and the commercials made you think you were cool and could dance if you had an ipod. But since the new ipods have come out I now think of Ipods in a whole new light.... My light is Bright Green...Now when I think about an Apple Ipod I still think of; a cute, small, portable, music and video player. But I also think about how much more it can do, something that will let you listen to music and watch videos no matter where you are, (don't worry it still makes you look cool..... but now you also look smart because your little nano can hold music and movies)
When I looked the Apple Ipods up on the internet I got a lot of feedback, some was good but also some was bad... But most places I looked I got the same idea... *"How much can your pocket hold? That's up to you and your ipod. From movies and TV shows to games and music..." Even Apples website is all about how much you can fit in these pocket sized devices.
So over all the Apple Ipods promise a small, portable device that lets you take anything anywhere.
MY APPLE IPOD
For this blog I looked up a product that was in both my room and in our reading, my Apple Ipod. When I used to think about the Apple Ipod I thought about the style and how COOL I would be because I like almost everyone else in my high school had an Ipod, and the commercials made you think you were cool and could dance if you had an ipod. But since the new ipods have come out I now think of Ipods in a whole new light.... My light is Bright Green...Now when I think about an Apple Ipod I still think of; a cute, small, portable, music and video player. But I also think about how much more it can do, something that will let you listen to music and watch videos no matter where you are, (don't worry it still makes you look cool..... but now you also look smart because your little nano can hold music and movies)
When I looked the Apple Ipods up on the internet I got a lot of feedback, some was good but also some was bad... But most places I looked I got the same idea... *"How much can your pocket hold? That's up to you and your ipod. From movies and TV shows to games and music..." Even Apples website is all about how much you can fit in these pocket sized devices.
So over all the Apple Ipods promise a small, portable device that lets you take anything anywhere.
MY APPLE IPOD
Thursday, September 6, 2007
HW#3 2004 Blog elections
HW#3
My response to “Toward a More Participatory Democracy” from Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture
I am using the Standard views template for my introduction.
“It is often said that (they say I say, 22), bloggers have had such a dramatic impact on the American political scene over the past two years… (Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, 4).” That is what the chapter “Toward a More Participatory Democracy” from A Blog of One’s Own: Women and Authorship in the Digital Revolution is on. How the Blogs effected the elections in the 2004 run for president. They believe that the way Bush used the internet and blogging helped him win because “ three out of four Kerry campaign emails between march and November of 2004 made direct appeals for money, compared with the fewer than one in five Bush emails. In contrast, 78% of Bush campaign emails during the same time period urged people to forward the message to a friend… (Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, 20).” So basically they are saying if Kerry had used the internet and Blogs correctly and used them to get his word out and not just try to collect money he could have one the elections. So over all the chapter was on the correct way to use the internet and Blogs to get your message out, because if you don’t use it correctly the word won’t get out as much as it could.
At first I didn’t agree that the internet and Blogging had that much to do with the way the 2004 elections turned out but then I read this paragraph and thought about what it said, and now I know that the internet and the way you use it really does impact the way the word gets out there. Bush just happened to be the one using Blogs along with other media more efficiently.
My response to “Toward a More Participatory Democracy” from Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture
I am using the Standard views template for my introduction.
“It is often said that (they say I say, 22), bloggers have had such a dramatic impact on the American political scene over the past two years… (Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, 4).” That is what the chapter “Toward a More Participatory Democracy” from A Blog of One’s Own: Women and Authorship in the Digital Revolution is on. How the Blogs effected the elections in the 2004 run for president. They believe that the way Bush used the internet and blogging helped him win because “ three out of four Kerry campaign emails between march and November of 2004 made direct appeals for money, compared with the fewer than one in five Bush emails. In contrast, 78% of Bush campaign emails during the same time period urged people to forward the message to a friend… (Blog how the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture, 20).” So basically they are saying if Kerry had used the internet and Blogs correctly and used them to get his word out and not just try to collect money he could have one the elections. So over all the chapter was on the correct way to use the internet and Blogs to get your message out, because if you don’t use it correctly the word won’t get out as much as it could.
At first I didn’t agree that the internet and Blogging had that much to do with the way the 2004 elections turned out but then I read this paragraph and thought about what it said, and now I know that the internet and the way you use it really does impact the way the word gets out there. Bush just happened to be the one using Blogs along with other media more efficiently.
HW#2 12 Key ideas on Blogging
HW#2
This is my reading response Burstein’s 12 key ideas in Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business and culture, this book is by David Kline and Dan Burnstein.
I can connect to a few of Burnstein’s 12 key ideas but there is one in particular that I can relate to more then the others. Burnstein says that “Blogging is going global. It is not just a wild’n crazy, uninhibited, populist Americans who like to rant…” I would have to agree with his key point on this. Many Americans believe that we are the only people out there that are technologically advanced, and use the internet everyday for more then just research, but that is not true. The first person I ever knew that kept a blog on a regular basis and checked other people’s blogs was my best friend, who is from Brazil. He and all of his friends, who were in Brazil, all kept each other informed on what was going on by the use of blogs.
So I agree and can relate to the fact that America is not the only country to blog and infact we weren’t even the first to blog. People from all over the world have been blogging for years and now do it like it was a second language.
This is my reading response Burstein’s 12 key ideas in Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business and culture, this book is by David Kline and Dan Burnstein.
I can connect to a few of Burnstein’s 12 key ideas but there is one in particular that I can relate to more then the others. Burnstein says that “Blogging is going global. It is not just a wild’n crazy, uninhibited, populist Americans who like to rant…” I would have to agree with his key point on this. Many Americans believe that we are the only people out there that are technologically advanced, and use the internet everyday for more then just research, but that is not true. The first person I ever knew that kept a blog on a regular basis and checked other people’s blogs was my best friend, who is from Brazil. He and all of his friends, who were in Brazil, all kept each other informed on what was going on by the use of blogs.
So I agree and can relate to the fact that America is not the only country to blog and infact we weren’t even the first to blog. People from all over the world have been blogging for years and now do it like it was a second language.
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