Blogs for New Media

   Blogs are a more personal way of sharing a person's experiences on an online platform. Wikis are the more formal version of blogs where multiple people can contribute to the platform. Both share the same goal of being a resource to other people who need more knowledge or insight into a specific topic or lifestyle. Walmart uses blogs as a platform for reviews for any products that they supply, unfiltered (Barbaro, 2008). This allows people and Walmart to see a more personalized and 'real' review of various different products. This can be seen as blogs being used for collaboration on creating personalized reviews for various different products. Blogs can also be commented on which can deepen the insight that the original post provided. On the flip side, Tony Pagliarulo and his team for EMC used the wiki platform to facilitate their projects. They used the wiki to update and expand on any ideas or details they had for the project (Locher, 2008). Wiki has entered a more mode...

     The project I have chosen to work on is the Analysis of Online Gaming: Society's Companion or Opponent? In recent years, online gaming has exploded and propelled into the huge business it is today. The focus of this project will be the advantages and disadvantages of online gaming. I will research different experiments conducted in the past in relation to the effects of online gaming or gaming in general. I will also talk about the different experiences people have faced with online gaming. One of the benefits of online gaming that I will touch upon is the need to develop teamwork and communicate with others. One of the disadvantages would be the protection of people's identity online which can allow for some distasteful interactions. These are just little bits and pieces to the project overall. I will go into more detail and list out more points to support both sides of the argument.