Introduction to Blogs
Hello, fellow bloggers!This is Gosiame Setlogile Masimega. I am doing structured masters in linguistics at UWC. I am on blog and I understand it to be a type of website, which is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics, or video. The BBC news website fines a blog as “a regularly updated online journal” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/5283248.stm). It is a contraction of the term "weblog", which was first used by Jorn Barger in 1997, according to the same BBC news site. Some call blogs online dairies.The most recent content is put at the top of the blogs. This is emphasized by ABC news website when it says "the entries are typically listed in reverse chronological order where the most recent entry is on top and older ‘news’ or musings can be found by scrolling down the web page" (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=889289&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312). The entries could be in the form of text, images or linkages to other blogs. They are fairly easy tools to use as I have noticed with mine because there are step by step instructions on what to do and not to do.
Most companies use blogs to announce breaking news. Blogs are useful because they afford users, not only to be consumers of content, but creators as well. This means one does not only get to read what others have posted but he or she can post something to be read. Institutions of learning can use blogs as interactive sites where lecturers can meet with their students and share information. This is how I will be using mine, i.e. to primarily interact with my Critical Media Issues lecturer, as suggested at the beginning of this entry.
I hope it will be a nice and exciting experience for me because I will be learning about both the blogs operation and my module.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Introduction to Blogs
Hello, there!
This is Gosiame Setlogile Masimega. I am doing structured masters in linguistics at UWC. I am on blog and I understand it to be a type of website which is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.It is a contrction of the term "weblog". Some call blogs online dairies.
"The entries are typically listed in reverse chronological order where the most recent entry is on top and older "news" or musings can be found by scrolling down the Web page" (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=889289&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312) I will be using this blog primarily for interactive learning of my Critical Media Issues module this year, 2009. I hope it will be a nice and exciting experience for me because Iwill be learning about both the blogs operation and my module.
This is Gosiame Setlogile Masimega. I am doing structured masters in linguistics at UWC. I am on blog and I understand it to be a type of website which is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.It is a contrction of the term "weblog". Some call blogs online dairies.
"The entries are typically listed in reverse chronological order where the most recent entry is on top and older "news" or musings can be found by scrolling down the Web page" (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=889289&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312) I will be using this blog primarily for interactive learning of my Critical Media Issues module this year, 2009. I hope it will be a nice and exciting experience for me because Iwill be learning about both the blogs operation and my module.
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