Topic: About Blogging Review

I really did enjoy reading the articles on blogging, although some where long. I especially liked Celebrity Blogs: The Impact of New Media by Melissa Gerry. This article proves and supports the fact that blogging has become influential in all aspects. Not just in sports or politics, but also in celebrity gossip. Sites such a PerezHilton.com and trent.blogspot.com are giving gossip news shows and magazines a run for their money. I often visit these two websites and agree with the article that these blogs are a key role in providing information to the public. Not only do they have a large amount of news before the magazines, but they are free. I can't imagine wasting $3.99 on People magazine. The Power and Politics of Blogs by Henry Farrell and Daniel W. Drezner is an article that raises the question about weblogs influence on the public in regards to politics. According to this article, even though the number of blogs created is steadily growing, blogs that are geered toward political information attract a small number of readers and do not compare to other media outlets such as the radio and television. I personally disagree, but still liked the article because it was very imformative and was from an opposing stance. I also like the fact that there were charts and graphs to support its statements. Another article that I enjoyed reading was How Can We Measure the Influence of the Blogosphere by Kathy E. Gill. This article illustrates how blogs are very influential in regards to the mass media and public opinion. There are all kinds of blogs geered towards various interest. Most of the bloggers are amatuers, like myself. Anyone can become a blogger. All you need is the passion to do it. Also this articles demonstrates the effects of mass media and politics. It was interesting to find out that after the events of 9/11 there was an extremely large growth in blogs. In regards to measuring blogs, this article points out that blogs are ranked based on how influential it is, how often it is visited. You can go to websites such as technorati.com and blogrunner.com, that watch some 2 million blogs and 250 million links and see how your blog stacks up.