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Blogs vs Wiki

The way information is being passed on continues to evolve, even to this day. In the past, information was only obtained through books, magazines, newspapers, the television, and the radio. With only limited media available, it was probably more difficult to search for specific information in the past. As generations passed by, the internet became a thing and the way we search for information was changed forever. Simply from searching certain phrases or certain keywords, one is able to find exactly what they are trying to find, whether it's a particular person or a product they are researching. Information is now easily obtained through multiple sources online. Some of these sources include blogs and wikis. Blogs and wikis have their fair share of similarities. They are both sources where information can be obtained whether it's accurately written or not. 

Blogs have more of a personal feel and are usually contributed by one person, or a team of people, depending on who or how many people have access to it. In Mark Cuban's "So You Want to Be a Blogging Star?" he states, "Blog about your passions. Don’t blog about what you think your audience wants. Post because you have something you are dying to write about." It usually displays the opinion of writer and their creative sides. Some examples may include food or travel blogs. These types of blogs display one's own thoughts. Blogs can be used for collaboration by creating two blog posts from 2 separate blogs, and bringing the reader to the continue reading about the topic on the next blog. When collaborating with other bloggers, one is able to bring in new viewers of the blog and even become a continuous reader.

A wiki, on the other hand is a collaborative effort in order to bring users together in order to provide useful content to viwers. Wikis usually do not include people's opinion about a certain topic. It is best used to obtain information about a certain topic. There is no specific published date as it is a work in progress that is updated when additional information for that topic become available. Anyone has the ability to edit a particular page of a wiki as they wish, which may often be shown as the one thing that may make wikis unreliable. In Mike Melanson's "Why Wikipedia Should Be Trusted As A Breaking News Source," he mentions "Wikipedia takes many sources and puts them in to a central location, but with the added benefit of human curation instead of algorithmic collection." Instead of reading only one article, Wiki pages are able to combine all reliable information at hand and give an overview. 

Works Cited : 

 Mike Melanson "Why Wikipedia Should be Trusted As A Breaking News Source The New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Mar. 2010,

Mark Cuban  "So You Want to Be a Blogging Star?" The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Mar. 2008


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