My blogging experience
I think blogging is a lot like traditional writing:
First we gathered information. Second we convey our own opinions.
Besides a much better capability to suite nowadays people's living pace, what differs new media writing from traditional writing is how these two steps start and how they end.
How is it? When I was writing using pen and paper, I probably like writing novel or prose rather than augmentative. And I think it's mainly because the degree of difficulties in gathering supportive information. Apparently, we need to equip our readers with material and related knowledges in order to better communicate with a topic chosen by us. That could be harsh. But in new media writing this process becomes much easier.
What I like writing in new media the most is its accessibility towards almost every extended extra things that I think may help my audience to understand the issue. Moreover, we can have various visual plane as subtle guides when we're "preparing" them. For the readers, they don't need to follow the old linear way to read your work any longer. If they're interested in the topic, they're free to jump over and do their own research, which leads to a better communication afterwards.
So when I blog, I'm not afraid of taking the latest news as example or quoting difficult / professional terms which I believe truly essential. Because I know I can make those words all clear for my audience by a million other ways for instance a Wiki link or a lovely video. Blogging is timely, blogging is almost omniscient.
The advantages of gathering information is for sure making new media writing stronger in many aspect.
And after that is the conveying ourselves part. If gathering information is merely easier and more flexible in new media writing than the traditional one, conveying ourselves part seems even more similar as the old days. Just tell people what we think about, isn't it?
Well perhaps no. I think when we write online, we might be braver to speak out our own point of view because of a lower risk of getting challenged or getting into trouble (This is for small individuals, in a contrast for those big companies / organizations writing in new media form brings themselves more public oversight. ). And most importantly, we'll be more looking forwards for communications with our readers. That means to keep our mind open, learn to listen and discover more within.
Writing in traditional way is more or less authoritarian. But writing in new media can never be.
I started blogging like six or seven years ago, when I was still a middle school girl. I used to be a fan of blogging. But when I went to college gradually I move more and more towards mini blogs (e.g. Sina Weibo) or website which serves more like interest sharing communities (e.g. Douban.com). I used to write a whole individual blog about some small things happened in daily life and later I embedded them into the mini blog function because of the simplicity. For example, I add short reviews as message when I mark a movie or book "watched".
I will still consider that as blogging as I am posting contents to the world and open for comments. In fact, I believe every word we post to public is blogging. We say something in the internet is just like we sit down in the Cafe and have a coffee with some potential one who's willing to listen and comment. The difference is just now your potential friend (or maybe enemy) comes quicker and from a larger amount.
I think blogging is a lot like traditional writing:
First we gathered information. Second we convey our own opinions.
Besides a much better capability to suite nowadays people's living pace, what differs new media writing from traditional writing is how these two steps start and how they end.
How is it? When I was writing using pen and paper, I probably like writing novel or prose rather than augmentative. And I think it's mainly because the degree of difficulties in gathering supportive information. Apparently, we need to equip our readers with material and related knowledges in order to better communicate with a topic chosen by us. That could be harsh. But in new media writing this process becomes much easier.
What I like writing in new media the most is its accessibility towards almost every extended extra things that I think may help my audience to understand the issue. Moreover, we can have various visual plane as subtle guides when we're "preparing" them. For the readers, they don't need to follow the old linear way to read your work any longer. If they're interested in the topic, they're free to jump over and do their own research, which leads to a better communication afterwards.
So when I blog, I'm not afraid of taking the latest news as example or quoting difficult / professional terms which I believe truly essential. Because I know I can make those words all clear for my audience by a million other ways for instance a Wiki link or a lovely video. Blogging is timely, blogging is almost omniscient.
The advantages of gathering information is for sure making new media writing stronger in many aspect.
And after that is the conveying ourselves part. If gathering information is merely easier and more flexible in new media writing than the traditional one, conveying ourselves part seems even more similar as the old days. Just tell people what we think about, isn't it?
Well perhaps no. I think when we write online, we might be braver to speak out our own point of view because of a lower risk of getting challenged or getting into trouble (This is for small individuals, in a contrast for those big companies / organizations writing in new media form brings themselves more public oversight. ). And most importantly, we'll be more looking forwards for communications with our readers. That means to keep our mind open, learn to listen and discover more within.
Writing in traditional way is more or less authoritarian. But writing in new media can never be.
I started blogging like six or seven years ago, when I was still a middle school girl. I used to be a fan of blogging. But when I went to college gradually I move more and more towards mini blogs (e.g. Sina Weibo) or website which serves more like interest sharing communities (e.g. Douban.com). I used to write a whole individual blog about some small things happened in daily life and later I embedded them into the mini blog function because of the simplicity. For example, I add short reviews as message when I mark a movie or book "watched".
I will still consider that as blogging as I am posting contents to the world and open for comments. In fact, I believe every word we post to public is blogging. We say something in the internet is just like we sit down in the Cafe and have a coffee with some potential one who's willing to listen and comment. The difference is just now your potential friend (or maybe enemy) comes quicker and from a larger amount.
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