Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The Requirements of Blogging...Do We Need an Upgrade?

I happened to come across this blog, Blog Herald, earlier today and stumbled accross an article that seems fitting for my communications class: http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/03/banging-the-pots-and-pans-on-your-blog/#more-6585

This article contains great tips for how to improve blog writing. If we are concerned that blogs do not stack up to professional work, perhaps a few of these suggestions could help make a difference. For instance, blogs should contain credible sources, make readers think about new ideas, and earn a credible reputation. With the increasing number of blogs out there, many don't resemble professional work-- perhaps this is why people are complaining. Instead of feeding the problem, let's change the way the system works. By understanding that our work is influential, we owe it to ourselves, and to the world really, to make sure what we publish is factual, well written, and interesting.
I believe that as future communication relies more heavily on the blogoshere, better blogging will be necessary. What do you think? Is it ok to blog casually, or should we raise our standards?

1 comment:

College Bloggers said...

I say raise the standards, weed out the babble that has over run the blogosphere. Good posting. I'm going to try to drive some bloggers to your posting. Nice work.
--Prof. Flournoy