In my opinion, I think the impact that blogging has on communication that is not business- or profit-related because it creates a new portal and yet an always important different viewpoint on news and other issues in the world. Of course, business-related blogging has its advantages and it works in its own way; however, when it comes to importance of our well being on this planet or in this country, international communication is key. Blogging can change the way global communication is offered, received, and stored.
In Baker and Green’s “Blog’s Will Change Your Business” (Kline and Burstein 221-233) the authors discuss how blogging is important as an online journalism center:
Blog reporters showed their value following the Asian tsunami in December.
Thousands of them posted pictures, video footage, and articles about the disaster
long before the first accredited journalists showed up. MSNBC, which ran hours
of tsunami footage on its Web site, has since opened an entire page devoted to
citizen’s journalism. (Kline and Burstein, 232)
In this quote, the true importance of a global view on global events. Never before blogging have we been able to discuss and understand viewpoints from a different area, unless you consider photojournalism and even international journalism. But blogging makes it so much more readily available.
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