Saturday, January 14, 2012
Blogging in society
One of the articles I read concerning blogging addressed the fact that the original bloggers felt that blogging had become to "mainstream" to fulfill its purpose (as they viewed it) for opposition to the establishment. I found this interesting, particularly in light of the recent use of another technology tweeting, to organize protesters. The use of a mass communication methods to deliver protesters messages is as old as writing. However, the difference now is that communication is instant and endless. Another use of blogs is to provide support for people with illness or other conditions, where a community of people can meet in anonymity to share their stories and help each other. The online support groups provide a lot of help to people who need to find comfort from others.
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I had not thought of how people would be affected by the way blogging is "mainstreamed" now. I would have thought the mainstreaming would make it more easily accessable and exciting to it's users. It makes sense that there are always some people that feel something is too [enter descriptive word here] to want to participate.
ReplyDeleteHaving online support groups through blogs is also something that I have seen which seems to work very well. It can take the anxiety off face to face interactions while still allowing people to open up about very sensitive subjects.
Thank you for sharing Kate!