Welcome to Blog Number #1!
Welcome to Emilie's Blog - I hope your stay here is very enjoyable.
First things first, I would like to explain that I am not particularly familiar with the world of blogs, online communities and making proper use of the Internet in general! However, this does not mean that these 'virtual worlds' do not interest me - I just haven't got my head around them yet. After attending the lecture on Wednesday night, I am feeling slightly ignorant considering 27 million new blogs have been created since 2003. This figure alone is outstanding, yet I can see why the web blogging epidemic, alongside globalisation has revolutionised the world. Blogs are not only personal, but a major means of communication to the rest of the globe.
After reviewing a few journal articles on the phenomenon of web blogging, I found out exactly how powerful a blog can be. In an article called 'Web sites personal, but millions see them', Vos and Gumbrecht (2006) point out the seriousness of writing defamatory comments or placing inappropriate pictures on one's blog. For example, in America, a Delta Airlines hostess was fired '...after bosses found her blog, "Queen of the Sky," complete with flirty pictures of her in uniform, and a California auto club fired 27 people for comments made about other employees' weight and sexual orientation. '
Additionally, I also find the idea that consumers have the power to create their own 'blogosphere' without monetary concerns very interesting. This notion was discussed in the week 3 lecture, where new terms are being created such as 'prosumer' and 'produser.' Schonfeld, Malik and Copeland (2006) argue that consumers are creating their own social media culture on the Web. 'Just as open-source programmers did before them with code, people are putting pictures, videos, blog entries, or even simple Web bookmarks online to share with their friends. ' What is important to note here is that the sole force behind this consumer-production frenzy is all about communities.
I hope to discuss a number of these ideas in more depth next week, but for now I hope you can take something from my blog to think about!
Take care, Emilie x
References:
Schonfeld, E; O. Malik and M. Copeland. "Social Media." March, 2006. Business 2.0, (7):2, p. 90. (accessed March 31, 2006 from ProQuest: multiple databases).
Vos, S and J. Gumbrecht. March 30, 2006. "Web sites personal, but millions see them." Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, p. 1. (accessed March 31, 2006 from ProQuest: multiple databases).
First things first, I would like to explain that I am not particularly familiar with the world of blogs, online communities and making proper use of the Internet in general! However, this does not mean that these 'virtual worlds' do not interest me - I just haven't got my head around them yet. After attending the lecture on Wednesday night, I am feeling slightly ignorant considering 27 million new blogs have been created since 2003. This figure alone is outstanding, yet I can see why the web blogging epidemic, alongside globalisation has revolutionised the world. Blogs are not only personal, but a major means of communication to the rest of the globe.
After reviewing a few journal articles on the phenomenon of web blogging, I found out exactly how powerful a blog can be. In an article called 'Web sites personal, but millions see them', Vos and Gumbrecht (2006) point out the seriousness of writing defamatory comments or placing inappropriate pictures on one's blog. For example, in America, a Delta Airlines hostess was fired '...after bosses found her blog, "Queen of the Sky," complete with flirty pictures of her in uniform, and a California auto club fired 27 people for comments made about other employees' weight and sexual orientation. '
Additionally, I also find the idea that consumers have the power to create their own 'blogosphere' without monetary concerns very interesting. This notion was discussed in the week 3 lecture, where new terms are being created such as 'prosumer' and 'produser.' Schonfeld, Malik and Copeland (2006) argue that consumers are creating their own social media culture on the Web. 'Just as open-source programmers did before them with code, people are putting pictures, videos, blog entries, or even simple Web bookmarks online to share with their friends. ' What is important to note here is that the sole force behind this consumer-production frenzy is all about communities.
I hope to discuss a number of these ideas in more depth next week, but for now I hope you can take something from my blog to think about!
Take care, Emilie x
References:
Schonfeld, E; O. Malik and M. Copeland. "Social Media." March, 2006. Business 2.0, (7):2, p. 90. (accessed March 31, 2006 from ProQuest: multiple databases).
Vos, S and J. Gumbrecht. March 30, 2006. "Web sites personal, but millions see them." Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, p. 1. (accessed March 31, 2006 from ProQuest: multiple databases).
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