Blog: Blog vs. Wiki



There are many distinctions between blogs and wikis that are important to understand when comparing the two but are very similar in certain instances. For example, both are similar in teh sense that it allows individuals to share ideas and offer different viewpoints towards topics on internet platforms. Some kinds of blogs include fitness blogs, personal blogs, photography blogs, and many other kinds of blogs that often have one author who expresses their viewpoint towards the topic discussed. Blogs also help individuals share information and allow others to post comments on their work. Michael Wilson discusses this in his article "Brooklyn Blog Leads to Drug Raid" by discussing how individuals around the neighborhood contributed to a blog to help the crime fighting efforts in the area. The article emphasis' the impact a blog may have and help keep individuals in the loop.

Wikis are quite different from blogs but have some of the same characteristics. While wikis allow individuals to share ideas and encourages collaboration between individuals as well, they have many contributors and authors towards the article. Wiki's allow people to add and edit information while working alongside others to refine the information on any given page. Wikipedia, singlehandedly one of the biggest wikis out there, is a great example of how these wikis work. Noam Cohen discusses this in "Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Art
=
icles on People" because it sheds light on a common problem that arises with the use of wikis - individuals changing information to essentially troll an individual's page. The article also discusses the difference between the many kinds of contributors - experienced, trusted editors, and the general population.

A great use for a wiki would be a classroom app that would allow individuals to update assignments, notes, and increase the sharing capabilities amongst students to drive efficiency and effectiveness in the classroom.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Next New Media

Another kind of new media that hasnt been invented yet could be an interface that allows you to see peoples names, something like Shazam for real life, so then you can always be cordial and it could foster interactions amongst individuals. It could work through a pair of glasses or somehow be connected through your smart phone. The awkwardness of forgetting the guy's name who sits down the hall from you 10 times in the past week would disappear and it could hopefully negate one of the effects of new media which is the decreased amount of social interaction between one another.  
Read more

P2P

File sharing is the process in which you send or allow individuals to share information, documents, and spreadsheets and is mainly used through applications like Google Drive, Dropbox, and other platforms. These kind of file sharing platforms are important for everyone of all ages – it helps individuals back up their information in a cloud based manner, makes it easier and inspires collaboration amongst students when working on projects or sharing notes for a class, and can be used in a business setting to drive business results. P2P, otherwise known as peer-to-peer distribution or file sharing, allows individuals to share documents, information, videos, and other forms of media and information through connecting to another computer and database that is connected to the network. An example of a P2P site is the Pirate Bay, a P2P portal with millions of unique daily users that illegally distributes movies and other forms of media. The NMA staff discusses in “Conten
Read more

HW Creativity

Creativity and new media go hand in hand - new media is fully geared towards individual's creative sides. New media allows people to express themselves in any which, way, or form and connects individuals who have same interests, hobbies, and favorite pass-times. New media allows individuals to create vlogs on youtube, blogs on numerous websites, and post pictures that express their personality. People can create pages, hold events, and schedule meet-ups all through the social media platform Facebook. Additionally, social media platform Instagram allows both individuals and companies to foster their creativity and create an engaging, well put together page that properly illustrates the public image the organization wants to hold. Social media platform Twitter fosters creativity from both it's employees and its users through the way the employees gather ideas from its followers. The New York Times article titled "Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers" by Claire Ca
Read more