Blogging for Society

Before this class I had blogged only a few times for English 110. It was very limited and was just a small response to articles I found interesting. Now, though, that I have seen and responded to numerous different blogs I feel that blogging offers much more than first expected. They allow others to spread their ideas and see what others think of those ideas. Blogging is a great tool for communicating and discovering the thoughts and feelings of those around the country or world. Albeit, many are just thoughts and feelings or opinions, very few blog posts provide real factual evidence. However, some blogs do not need or are not interested in providing factual evidence. Therefore, blogging is a great way to communicate and learn others ideas and can help keep a sense of togetherness in society today.

Blogging is great for getting across your message especially if the media lacks significant coverage on it. Allowing one to get their message to others and spreading the word can be a great thing for society. This can lead to an expanded knowledge of what is actually happening in our world, rather than just what the media wants us to see. The blog "Bad Science" covers the topic of the media using faulty science to be able to report what they want. This blog can be helpful to others because it attempts to expose the tactics used by the media to mislead them. The blog focuses mainly on medicine and how the media can use statistics in a very deceptive manor. This insight can help an audience be wary of the tricks the news media pulls on them. Blogs like this can be enormously helpful mostly because it is trustworthy due the fact that is one of the blogs supported by hard evidence.

Not all blogs are supported by evidence though. The blog "Food Gal" is one of those blogs that neither needs cold hard facts nor is it interested in facts. This blog is mainly about recipes, giving insight as to whether or not they are worth making. This blog is pure opinion, only backed by the author's personal experience. This is absolutely fine because the author's only goal is to provide people with her cooking opinion and hopefully keep people from wasting their time. Blogs like this can help society in a great way as well because it brings the sense of togetherness.

Blogs, not including those whose authors insist on ranting incessantly about their lives or other nonsense, can clearly be seen as a beneficial addition to society. Blogs can be a great source of academic learning or a way to express opinion, either way they provide some kind of knowledge to those who read them. Using blogs in the classroom are certainly a must. Blogs are so diverse and insightful that it would be foolish not to at least mention their importance. Blogging is a very easy way to help society stay informed and united.