Summary:

A survey called “The blogging Iceberg” was conducted via centralized hosting services have not been updated in months. 1.09 million blogs have been considered one-day wonders because they were posted and never touched again. Some abandoned blogs only last about a 4 month period max. A Typical Blog is not so linked to other bloggers and the outside world, rather it’s just like a personal diary. At the core of the blogosphere lies a minority of active and engaged bloggers who post, comment, and link frequently, creating a kernel of conversational community. In order to understand the nature of the blogosphere community as a whole, one must acknowledge the difference between these forms of blogging as well as the inherent value of each. The form of journalism found in blogosphere has potential to pull power away from the dominant one-way communication of formal and professional print. Blogosphere forms an imagined community based on a new form of amateurized and personalized journalism practiced by persons who may never meet on other yet engage in a conversation. As the blogosphere grows and adapts to new demo graphs, the continued coherence of this online community is dependent upon the strength of shared experience and fortification. The blogging community bloggers and subsequently strengthen the image of community.

Key Terms:

Blogosphere: personal websites and blogs collectively.

Blogdom: The world or sphere of weblogs

Bloggers: a person who regularly writes material for a blog.

Blogdex:  an online resource for understanding hot topics of discussion in the blogosphere

Main Idea:

This article talks about the life in a blog and the community of the blog which it  revolves around, also talks about what a real blogger looks like and how it looks like when they’re involved.

Making Connections:

Thinking about the blogosphere and how far technology has come is really eye-opening, if you take the time it took to get news about something from now to years ago you’d see a huge difference. Years ago of course technology wasn’t so advanced yet, therefore you had to wait hours to days to hear about something unless it was caught live. Having these blogging communities you can receive new as it’s happening and also get additional information from other bloggers as well. Although people may say these blogs are just made up or just personal thoughts, that’s not all true you can get better research on blogging sites then other websites. Also you can also connect with people that you may never met in person, but y’all have the same mind set and interest.