Blogs as current phenomenon & benefits of blogging to the community

Current Blog Phenomenon

With the media revolution and the rise of global networks, the emergence of the contemporary world today brought out many new things, and blog was one of them.

As a matter of fact, blog phenomenon can be said as a common phenomenon today which indicated a new way of life, work, learning and communication as it is getting accepted and used by most of the internet users, which they are also known as Bloggers (Tan, Na & Theng 2011, p.425). Other than that, blog provides a platform for individuals as a new means of expression, which these included wisdom and ideas to voice out, as it highlighted the right of every citizen's freedom to speech. 

I need to speak out loud!!!!
(Source from http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2011/02/promoting_voice_over_demos.html)

Benefits of Blogging to the Community 

On the other hand, getting blog for community through global networks removed the barriers of sociality amongst the countries as the relationships between bloggers and readers can be connected through their postings worldwide. In another word, we can make friends globally via literature. Through the postings by the bloggers, people can share, discuss and learn from others' experiences who possessed different background and cultures, thus get to know convergence friends and managed to get in-depth communication, or as we can say, exchange ideas to have the same aspirations and persuasion.   

We're staying in the same planet...
(Source from http://mygenerationsdigitalreporter.blogspot.com/2010/06/internet-today-by-sara-takaki-and-sonia.html)

As mentioned by Karger & Quan (2004, p.214), Web logging ("blogging") has turned out to drag out multiple functions instead of just the origin purpose of Web, such as semantic blogging. The semantic blogging which usually used by bloggers has become one of the key interpretations for current phenomenon which bloggers can directly blog the articles that they're interesting to share with users who blogged their blogspot. (Karger & Quan 2004, p.215)

For instance, newspaper online...

(Source from http://www.adpunch.org/entry/newspapers-online-ad-spend-shot-up-22-percent-in-first-quarter/)

In another word, user-friendly metaphor which bloggers apply into their blogs today seem could probably gain more attention and likeable from the readers. 

Reference:
1. Karger D.R. & Quan, D. 2004, 'What Would It Mean to Blog on the Semantic Web?', S.A.Mcllraith et al. Edn, pp. 214 - 228, The Semantic Web, Retrieved from <http://www.simonegrassi.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/lcqgewykavhvle8y.pdf> [Accessed on 7th November 2011]
2. Tan, Luke Kien-Weng Na, Jin-Cheon & Theng, Yin-Leng 2011, Influence detection between blog posts through blog features, content analysis, and community identity, 'Online Information Review', vol.35, no.3, pp.425 - 442, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Retrieved from <www.emeraldinsight.com/1468-4527.htm> [Accessed on 23rd August 2011]