N. Macdonald published an article in the Register which attempts to imagine what the future of the bloggers will hold. He states that in the world of mass communication, journalism, and publishing, weblogging is a very real encouraging development. The significance of the Internet blog has yet to be discovered by most people. As it stands now, something special has happened with the popularity of the Internet blog, and milestones have been reached.
Macdonald explains that weblogging is a reaction to several modern occurrences. The first occurrence is the loss of community organizations and venues that allow public debate and community meetings. Another occurrence is the growing popularity of "the confessional culture, in which people increasingly make their lives public and share their experiences." Recurrent and trivial blog posts seem to be therapeutic for the blogger, and not so much meant to be enlightening for the reader of the blog. The fact that blogs are so easy to use and are accessible to many is another occurrence that lends acceleration to the popularity of blogging.
Macdonald, Nico. The Future of Weblogging. The Register. April 18, 2004.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/18/blogging_future/
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"The first occurrence is the loss of community organizations and venues that allow public debate and community meetings."
When I read this quote I had to think about whether I agree with it or not. It seems as though it isn't necessarily a loss of community organizations as much as an increase in popularity of on-line technologies. I know, at least for many of the adults who have families that activites such as PTA and church groups are still a very big and popular activity for many of them. Because we live next to ASU and in the heart of Tempe, I also hear about town hall meetings and council meetings going on quite frequently. So with all that said, I wanted to get your take on how you feel about this.
Hi Heather!
It was interested for me to also engage or create in a blog for the first time in this class. However, what I was wondering is what exactly does the future hold for blogging users? Will blogging only become a phase or is creating blogs going to be here to stay in our mediated communication world. If so, will writing blogs become more than just an informational online diary in the future?
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