According to the author, the word blog comes from a portmanteau (a word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings.) term, web log or weblog. This term started in 1997 with weblogs but was soon changed in 1999 when Peter Merholz split the word making it "We blog." Since then the term "blog" serves as a noun or a verb.
B. Why might the writer object to a book about blogs? What is the difference between a blog and a book?
C. How have blogs changes recently?
Recently blogs have become rather popular since they are so accessible and easy to use. Blogs have been affecting the world, people's privacy, publicity, language, and many more aspects in life. People write in blogs expressing their opinions fully, expecting you to know what is being talked about (or blogged about), since if you are reading their blog you must be a friend or family that understands personal matters or inside jokes. Now blogs involve a lot more linking than they did before, taking you from one page to another to another.
D. Why might you read a blog rather than a book, or a magazine, or a newspaper?
You might read a blog rather than a book, magazine, or newspaper because you are looking at somebody's very personal point of view that doesn't necessarily involve promotion or publicity and you can read hoping for an opinion that is from themselves and not from any organization or company that writes what they want people to read. It's like a wide range of opinions, instead of just two.
E. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?
I think there must be lots of reasons to doubt the objectivity of a blog since everybody has a point of view and it's hard not to be biased. But of course you have to research the blog and find out about the writer to decide whether or not it's being objective. I think that blogs might be a lot more objective than a book or a newspaper article since they cover so many matters, not only focus on one and you can see various points of view.
F. If you kept your own blog, what would you title it?
B. Why might the writer object to a book about blogs? What is the difference between a blog and a book?
The writer might object to a book about blogs because they are drastically different. While books are very definite and express an organized idea very clearly, blogs are a lot more about opinion and sort of like free expression. With a blog you can express yourself freely without necessarily worrying about copyright or other matters. Books are published with the idea that many people will read them and judge them and express their opinion about them, with blogs this can be done as well but blogs are more unofficial and taken less seriously since anyone can write without needing a publishing deal. You can't expect a book with things so trivial as OMG! and other silly phrases to sell, because people don't take it seriously. Blog writers don't take it seriously at all so that's what make what they write, blogs.
C. How have blogs changes recently?
Recently blogs have become rather popular since they are so accessible and easy to use. Blogs have been affecting the world, people's privacy, publicity, language, and many more aspects in life. People write in blogs expressing their opinions fully, expecting you to know what is being talked about (or blogged about), since if you are reading their blog you must be a friend or family that understands personal matters or inside jokes. Now blogs involve a lot more linking than they did before, taking you from one page to another to another.
D. Why might you read a blog rather than a book, or a magazine, or a newspaper?
You might read a blog rather than a book, magazine, or newspaper because you are looking at somebody's very personal point of view that doesn't necessarily involve promotion or publicity and you can read hoping for an opinion that is from themselves and not from any organization or company that writes what they want people to read. It's like a wide range of opinions, instead of just two.
E. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?
I think there must be lots of reasons to doubt the objectivity of a blog since everybody has a point of view and it's hard not to be biased. But of course you have to research the blog and find out about the writer to decide whether or not it's being objective. I think that blogs might be a lot more objective than a book or a newspaper article since they cover so many matters, not only focus on one and you can see various points of view.
F. If you kept your own blog, what would you title it?
If I kept my own blog I would title it 'The Optimist In Me'. It would probably be a personal blog about my opinions and personal interests.
G. Find three blogs that mention our summer reading.
G. Find three blogs that mention our summer reading.
http://peakoil.blogspot.com/2005/10/book-review-ishmael-by-daniel-quinn.html
http://peopleandresourcesfire.blogspot.com/2009/12/ishmael-by-daniel-quinn.html
http://ourpueblo.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-ishmael-by-daniel-quinn.html
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