"Not surprisingly, blogging, the verb form, has been viewed as a public form of journalism, giving anyone who wishes the opportunity to comment on events of the day. Indeed, as of this fall (Sept. 2002) several journalism schools at major universities have added courses in blogging to their curricula." (Blogs: A Disruptive Technology Coming of Age? 9/26/2002 By Phillip D. Long)
My first reaction to this web article was -- "you've got to be kidding!" And, I confess that I still wonder about the legitamacy of considering blogging to be any kind of publication or journalism. The first question that comes to my mind is, "who's really reading these blogs? Do they have an audience or readership?
In the current context, I understand that my classmates may take an interest in what I am publishing -- I very limited, but important readership. However, if I was just happily blogging away every day outside of this context, would anyone care?
The answer seems to be that I would need to act as publicist for myself and let possible interested parties know where they could see my reflective thoughts and hopefully creative insights.
Despite some of my misgivings about the world of blogging, I'm finding that I really enjoy journaling my thoughts in this forum. I love that when I'm done writing I can post it to the web and it looks pretty neat with the automated layout that I've selected.
I think I'm a reluctant but happy convert to the world of blogging.
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