Blogs...

Start class on your blog, responding to the following: It is common to speak of the "blogosphere" or the collective space of all blogs and their interconnections. Time magazine named "user-generated content" (such as blogging) as the 2006 "person of the year." Political and journalistic blogs supposedly influence the direction of policy and opinion. Do you read blogs? Why are blogs so important today? Why are people excited about them as a form of writing? Is there something new, different, and specific about blogs? Are blogs in any way more cooperative or democratic or open or participatory? As you think about this, you might look at blog art for alternative uses of blogs (i.e. must blogs inherently be about reporting/content/commentary?). If you want, extend your thoughts to the web in general - is it really open and participatory?

I personally have not spoken much about the "blogosphere" or the collective space of all blogs and their interconnections. Before this semester, I only browsed a few blogs. A lot of blogs out there seem to be too "cutesy" or personal, and do not interest me. I have looked at blogs for the past few months for a political science class that I am taking, and have really enoyed the more political ones that I have come across.

Have to wrap it up per Dr. Baldwin... more to come!