Blogs: Declining Communications Technology?

As technologies change, communications change. For a while, blogs were considered the hottest new form of communication. What about Slot Machines For Casino Gambling People blogs is innovative? Does blogging work? Are blogs really going to be the mode of communication for the next hundred years, or are Tmineyxo blogs simply a flash in the pan?

To give you an idea of where blogs fit in the scope of communication, I’ve sketched out roughly how communication had developed over the years.

One to Few

--Before the printing press, communication was essentially one-to-one. Though books would Twisted Lands: Shadow Town Collector's Edition circulate, there was a small literate audience, and books were not mass-produced.

One to Many

--The advent of the printing press made books a form Grim Tales: The Stone Queen Collector's Edition Game Download of one-to-many communication: an author could reach an audience of thousands in one print run. This was considered Mystery Trackers: Nightsville Horror Collector's Edition the normal form of communication with other technologies, including tv, newspapers, radio, and film. One person (or a select group) would create a message, which Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride Collector's Edition would then be transmitted to a wide audience.

Many to Many

--New technologies encourage many-to-many communication. Blogging is a forum where anyone can author. Wikis encourage vast participation. This could be considered a democratization of knowledge production, because many people can now produce, but there is also a backlash because some people are worried about the validity of the sources that they read.

Blogs

--Some blogs are of interest to a large segment of the population. Other blogs, my CEO blog at www.jimestill.com, have a more specialized audience. But even smaller blogs are out there where people write only for their friends (these are not linked to, and many blog writers do not expect Punished Talents: Seven Muses Collector's Edition Full Version Free Download anyone else to read their blogs except for friends). Though the Globe and Mail says that blogs are being abandoned at a staggering rate, Perseus claims that the majority of blogs are written by teenage girls and update twice a Urgent Payday Loans: Immediate Financial Loans at a Click month to keep in touch with friends and family. This is not to say that many blogs are not being abandoned regularly, this is often the case, but I just wanted to put things in perspective.

You must take it with a grain of salt that over a million blogs have been created, and after the initial post, there is no more updating. This can hardly be considered an abandoned blog, because it’s not even quite a blog in the first place. These blogs—one-entry wonders and teenage lifetools—are quite different than the Awakening: The Redleaf Forest Collector's Edition blogs I read each day and the blogosphere that I interact with. It seems to me that if these are being abandoned, we have to assume that it is simply growing pains, and not a sign that blogs will no longer be viable communication tools in the future.

Blogs, it seems, have staying power as a mode Is it practical for a homeschool to deliver senior high school science? of communication, as long as the writers have staying power as a mode of writing. Though individual blogs may come and go, blogs in general will continue to influence popular news sources.

Jim Estill is the CEO of SYNNEX Canada. He is an active blogger at http://www.jimestill.com. His blog has been acclaimed by Forbes, The Globe and Mail, and Canadian Computer Reseller Temple Of Life: The Legend Of Four Elements Collector's Edition Weekly among other accolades.