300-Word Introduction

A blog makes use of the World Wide Web, in other words, in order for one to blog, one must have access to the internet; either by computer or via the use of a mobile phone. blogging enables the user to post commentaries on events, and to post videos and pictures. A blog therefore allows other users to have access to what is happening in the user’s daily life. Hence this form of blogging serves as an online diary, these users update their online diaries as frequently as possible. The blog described could be seen as a personal blog, however, there are specific websites which enable users to belong to a blogging community of their choice. For example, there are blogs for politics and various corporations. Blogging allows members of that “blogging” community to interact with one another and also allows other users to post their comments. Blogging therefore serves as a communication network for users to exchange information. Blogging is a form of new media as it gives the space for users to form new social groups, users can then express themselves in any way in which they feel most comfortable. Blogging gives the public a space to post their opinions on social issues and (like most do), their own lives. Blogging also serves the advertising industry, this can be seen when a company interacts with a user in order to promote its products. Blogging gives an individual the opportunity to look at all the information that is out on the internet and leaves the final conclusion of that information up to the user. Blogging as a new form of media does not only enable the blogger to interact with the members of that blogging community but with the rest of the world as well. This form of new media, in my opinion, embodies the “freedom of speech”.