Hi, and welcome!
So, I created this blog with three other college classmates and I've got to be honest by saying that it began as part of an assignment, but I'm actually really looking forward to it! Blogging is such an amazing way to share information both public and personal with people all over the world. We will be exploring what is currently going on with media and its advance, etc, but maybe other things as well. So, now I want to end by asking you to be honest too...
Why did you choose to start blogging or why do you like to read blogs?
I started blogging just to keep me disciplined about writing on a regular basis, and it has served that purpose. (I blog every week.) More importantly, though it helps me clarify my own thoughts about what I'm experiencing and helps me engage in a dialogue with friends. It's good stuff, with no drawbacks (to date ;)! Go for it! I will follow yours, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI think my reasons were a lot like "square peg believer's." I saw blogging as a way to almost force myself to write more regularly--figuring that, in some way, even a potential audience would "keep me honest," i.e., writing habitually.
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher, I see my own blogging as a way both to extend my teaching outside the classroom and to model the kind of critical engagement I'd like my students to adopt in their own lives, and particularly in their relationship with the mass media.
There's something exciting, too, about the opportunity to be a producer of a mass media message. Even though fewer than 300 people have seen my blog, that itself is pretty cool, and the potential that thousands more could see it is amazing.
I must confess that blogging sometimes feels kind of narcissistic. I always hear the voice in my head saying, "who really cares what you have to say--why would you think this is a good use of your time?" I don't always have convincing answers to those questions, but in those moments, I come back to the original impulse: blogging can be good for my own writing and thinking, even if no one ever reads my stuff.
I chose to start blogging because...well, complaining to others through voice can only go so far. I wanted to reach an international level, where I can explain to foreigners that monsoons and famine are nothing compared to the annoyances of cracking knuckles and devastating PDA.
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