Blogs/Online Journals and Diaries (3 Viewers)

[rific]

yeah, i've heard of blogs being used as a way of "catching up with friends". Like, to keep up with the lives of your friends or something. As far as i can see, if you can't meet your freinds often enough , or phone them, or go out, i dont see where the friendship is. Of course, if its an overseas/ insterstate thing, then i understand. Otherwise, i dont get it. friends staying in contact by reading each others blogs? thats a little impersonal and cold.

Yeah, it is definitely not the best way to go about keeping in touch, I agree completely with you there, but a friendship is only as strong as you want it to be, personal contact doesn't have to be involved much at all. Even if you live relatively close to some friends, between working, uni, or school I suppose, and other engagements it can be very hard to keep in relatively regular contact, online journals help to a degree, plus they can be just an entertaining way of telling your friends, and completely random strangers, about any trivial thing that you think they may enjoy to hear about at the end of a busy day - how personal or 'warm' you make it is up to who ever wrote it and how well the people reading it know that person.

lol, don't get me wrong, I'm a highly social person and love being able to see and speak with friends - we rarely contact each other using the internet, such as with msn, but I know a few times when using forums like livejournal etc. are a better option, quick, easy, normally funny and a great way of letting a wider circle of friends know whats happening.

I hope that sounded intelligent, but if not, oh well, I have to go out and get ready for dinner with friends now.

 

[chelzmalee]

I <3 my blog.

I only started it the other day, and I already love it. I don't mind if people read it, cos it's a great way to communicate your thoughts to the rest of the world.

http://chelsandco.blogspot.com

 

[Raiks]

.... why not just use a normal diary / notebook...

Its more personal and real.

The only reason i can think of haveing an LJ is for people to comment on how cool you are judging by ur musings... or for online therapy...

If u do it for the "i-want-people-to-know-how-great-i-am" factor then its not really a journal about you is it?? Ur subconciously making it witty for ur audience.

I dunno maybe im way off base... i had one for 2 days... it was dreadfull... like why should this stuff be publicly available? WHo really gives a shit about the uneventful life of a 16 yr old.

Yeah , so if ive offended you because ur a commited blogger dont get mad... just explain ur fascination with it, in curious is all.

My livejournal is just something to pass the time, have a bit of fun with and note down the random musings that occur within my life... I don't write it for therapy nor do I write it so I have my life judged. I guess the proof of this is that I never include any personal information and unless they know me in real life, they wouldn't even know my first name or where I live... I don't care how many people read it or not, that's not the point behind why I have a livejournal, I have a life outside livejournal.

I do it because I enjoy it, and I communicate with others who share the same interests, which tend to be cheap entertainment, attractive girls in sorbet-hued skirts, chupa-chups and general gossip about Paris Hilton, the Simpsons and the odd piece of satire... but with livejournal and it's communites, it also gives me the ability to discuss more serious and specialised things such as economics, travelling in europe and other things I'm interested in.

So I guess I have a livejournal because I procrastinate too much and am too easily amused... and i'm totally alright with that.

 

[braindrainedAsh]

I think the communication aspect of it is good.... I mean, you can write about current affairs, debate issues with your readers etc. Also if you have a problem you can ask for advice etc.

Bloggers are the journalists of the every day. They publish on a public medium the happenings on either a personal, local, or global scale.

 

[dark`secrets]

its also a great tool to catch up with friends when everyone's busy with uni.

 

[thepubmanbob]

blogs are nice to get comments from ppl with advice and just getting it out there... and typing gives less cramps than writing

 

[666_blessings]

I just post on my blog to kill time, air out some thoughts (all censored of course) and have a bit of a whinge about all things annoying.

notquiteextinct.blogspot.com

 

[my sharona]

www.recklessbitch.blogdrive.com

UTS communications 1st year pushes it so hard - blogs are the future of journalism, freedom of information and access, destruction of authoritative information... but i don't think it's nearly as dramatic.

My blog was my psychiatrist during the HSC. It's died since then. But when i think about it, i spent about an hour perfecting each post, making sure it wasn't generic or badly written.

 

[lalaurenisme]

UTS communications 1st year pushes it so hard - blogs are the future of journalism, freedom of information and access, destruction of authoritative information... but i don't think it's nearly as dramatic.

My blog was my psychiatrist during the HSC. It's died since then. But when i think about it, i spent about an hour perfecting each post, making sure it wasn't generic or badly written.

I agree that blogging is not hugely powerful. Sure, blogs may change certain people's attitudes, but they're in no way tantamount to the power that real mass media (radio, newspapers, TV, Andrew frickin' Bolt) exercises. It's quite hard to get your blog to rise above the detritus and be widely read given the vastness of the net.

I do the same with my entries on my blogspot blog! It has made me realise what a narcissist I am. As for the self-help element, my LJ (in which I post less coherent and structured thoughts) is my counsellor.

 

[lalaurenisme]

or for online therapy...

If u do it for the "i-want-people-to-know-how-great-i-am" factor then its not really a journal about you is it?? Ur subconciously making it witty for ur audience.
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As a frequent blogger and LJer, I couldn't agree more. You've hit the nail on the head.

I LJ for a selected LJ friends list (people I know), and it is largely for self therapy. It's boring to people who don't know me, of course, but it enables me to get advice from people I don't get to see everyday, or to share my triumphs when it's due. It's largely a healthy practice, in my view.

My blog, as you will probably detect from reading it, fits neatly into your second reason. I go back and self-edit a little too much! But blogging is a quick and effective way for me to practice writing pieces that are designed for the public eye. This is a good thing because I would like to study journalism. And that's pretty much what journalists do, isn't it? Write to be read?

 

[_Bushra_]

www.livejournal.com/users/2_kool_4_skool/

no-one can read anything unless ur my "friend" cus I privatise my entries

 

[braindrainedAsh]

www.recklessbitch.blogdrive.com

UTS communications 1st year pushes it so hard - blogs are the future of journalism, freedom of information and access, destruction of authoritative information... but i don't think it's nearly as dramatic.

My blog was my psychiatrist during the HSC. It's died since then. But when i think about it, i spent about an hour perfecting each post, making sure it wasn't generic or badly written.

Blogs aren't that overrated... when you get in to it you see how much of a difference they are making.... I don't think they are at their full potential yet, however... even Murdoch sees that blogs have potential.

One example that comes to mind is an indian blog "Mediaah!" which provided much needed critique of the indian media. However it was shut down due to threats of legal action by a major indian newspaper. This caused a massive public outcry, as the blog had a huge readership and they felt that this was corporate censorship etc.

An Australian example... "GuruAnn" visited Schapelle Corby in Bali (http://guruann.blogspot.com) and her story ended up making it in to the print media, led to interviews on Radio National etc.

You also have the Baghdad blogger, the case where a blogger found an error in a 60 minutes story (US) about George Bush's military record... there are many examples.

I think that blogs haven't made a huge impact now, but they will only expand in the future.

Did you know that the candidates in the recent UK elections kept "blogs" as a form of advertising? During both the UK and US elections, fake blogs were made by both parties to air their policies etc.... blogs must have some sort of an impact of they bothered doing this.

There are certainly a lot of ethical issues around blogging, and reliability, and whether blogs and journalism can coexist peacefully.

Gee I better go and do my current assignment instead of regurgitating stuff I did last year lol.

 

[braad]

blogs are alright, except most of them seem full of random shit...funny it is, but meaningful they're not

doesnt mean they cant be exploited, considering they do seem to get read and comments, it emans they're doing half their job

 

[my sharona]

Blogs aren't that overrated... when you get in to it you see how much of a difference they are making.... I don't think they are at their full potential yet, however... even Murdoch sees that blogs have potential.

I think that blogs haven't made a huge impact now, but they will only expand in the future.

Yeah I agree... just every time the CIE lecturer tells us 'you journalism students will be out of a job', i cringe and think they're trying to bloat it for all it's worth.

 

[Gavvvvvin]

http://www.myspace.com/gavosaurusrex

Thats my sooper sexy myspace.

 

[Loz#1]

I have myspace and LJ, but I heart my LJ too much to care for myspace.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/killingmysoul/

Feel free to add me.

 

[transcendent]

I have myspace and LJ, but I heart my LJ too much to care for myspace.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/killingmysoul/

Feel free to add me.

OMG!!! It's teh Loz! Hi Laura!

 

[Loz#1]

Hi. (it's Lauren )

 

[denny94]

Hey guys check out my blog http://suchislife94.blogspot.com.au/

 

[pallavi259]

I personally prefer livejournal and blogspot for blogging.

www.livejournal.com/kartrocketindia