My Blogging Experience

Personal Benefits
1) Has blogging contributed to your own personal growth as a writer? How or why has it not?
I do believe that blogging has contributed to my own personal writing because I feel that I have been able to better learn how to express my opinions. I have also learned how to be political and assertive in my writing.

2) Has writing in the blogsphere developed a new voice for you as a writer? Has it shaped a new writing style or form different from the way you write in other spaces?
I do feel that writing in the blogosphere has changed my style of writing. I feel that I have become a lot more opinionated. I do think that I write differently in my blog than I do in other places because the premise is different than if I were writing a short story or other type of prose.

3) Do you see yourself continuing to blog after this unit ends? Why or why not?
It is difficult to say whether I will blog again or not. If I do, it will probably be on different topics because I, myself, am not so much of a political person so I would probably write more about my life and things I feel more passionate towards.

Societal Benefits
1) How can blogging foster new types of relationships between people in society?
Blogging can create a Web-relationship between people with similar or even different opinions. They can share their views and discuss them and possibly get into debates on their blogs.

2) Has blogging seeped into your relationships with others you knew prior to blogging?
Blogging has somewhat seeped into my relationships. I enjoy reading my classmates' blogs and learning their opinions and hearing their stories and experiences.

3) Has blogging helped you develop new relationships with others? How and what types of relationships?
Blogging has not helped me develop new relationships with others because I have not really put my blog out there to speak to other bloggers on the Internet.


Redefining Media
1) What do you think is the role of media in society?
The media plays a key role in our society. It influences the minds of our culture. Children can see something on the news, on TV, at the movies, or on the radio and think just because they heard it that it's okay for them to do too and this is a cause of many problems in our society.

2) How is blogging different from the way other media forms are shaped in our society? Does it fulfill what you believe is the role of media in our society?
Blogging is different from the other media forms because it is people sharingtheir own opinions on issues that the media only has one stance on. It is different because there are many different views on our society instead of just one, the one that the media wants us to cnform to.

3) Has blogging (reading and writing blogs) changed the way you relate to news media?
Blogging has changed the way I relate to news media because I now feel more aware of the political and social issues going on in the world around me. I have also developed opinions and are able to put them into words on my blog.

4) Do you think there are limitations in blogging as a form of media?
I think there are limitations on blogging because there are more people who watch the news or listen to the radio then there are people on the web reading other people's blogs. I think that if blogs keep catching on in the media like they have been that they have the potential to be an influencial media form in our society.