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BLOG: Blog v Wiki

Blogs and wikis are both comparable and both have their pros and their cons. Both these methods are examples of how new media has evolved and changed throughout time. What the blog and wiki has in common are that they are both used for sharing, whether it be information or personal opinion,etc. Wikis and blogs are different off the get-go because wikis are for everything to edit while blogs are more personal for an individual or individual group of people. In today's networked world, the importance of convergence is great, whereas both these sources of new media can help impact and improve functionality and efficiency in today's fast paced society. Blogs are helpful and can be used for collaboration, because many people can give their inputs and opinions on things. For example, in the article , Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid, "Months later, the bloggers are celebrating, days after the police raided the two neighboring homes in question", this was due to the help of neighbors and their collaboration in the blog which lead to the drug bust. Wikis should have people checking information and checking information before it is actually posted so that it could create an accurate source of data. Rather than just having people assume not to use the wiki because the information could be false. In the article, Wikipedia: No longer the Wild West?, they say that the the wiki is basically "like a wall of graffiti in a bathroom". I agree with this because, if everyone is able to just edit and post whatever they want, it may as well be a bathroom. Having these changes will "help Wikipedia address its problems with inaccuracies".

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