Definition of a ‘weblog’ according to www.wiktionary.org: a website in the form of an ongoing journal, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary.
The popularity of the weblog or blog skyrocketed in the late 90′s after a slow start. Because of its simplicity, a personal website was now accessible for anyone. However, as opposed to other websites, one can comment on the subject on a blog. This makes the blog a two-way communication tool. The rise of this new medium did not go unnoticed by companies and they started to use it as a way to reach more people. In 1997 a man named Steve Gibson was even hired as a full-time blogger by a company!
Evolved from personal diaries that were posted online, the weblog is now a very valuable communication tool. Like Twitter, the weblog is also used by politicians and, as mentioned above, by companies. In some cases it is even used as a news source by main stream media. For example during the tsunami in 2004 and hurricane Katrina in 2005. People that were there would report to specific blogs via SMS and by doing so, they could cover news that TV, radio nor newspapers were able to cover. The weblogs would get the news firsthand instead of the mainstream media, who usually got the scoop.
A different form of blogging is micro-blogging. This entails sending brief updates through cellphone or computer. Twitter is a good example of a micro-blog.
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Definition of a ‘weblog’ according to www.wiktionary.org: a website in the form of an ongoing journal, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary.
The popularity of the weblog or blog skyrocketed in the late 90′s after a slow start. Because of its simplicity, a personal website was now accessible for anyone. However, as opposed to other websites, one can comment on the subject on a blog. This makes the blog a two-way communication tool. The rise of this new medium did not go unnoticed by companies and they started to use it as a way to reach more people. In 1997 a man named Steve Gibson was even hired as a full-time blogger by a company!
Evolved from personal diaries that were posted online, the weblog is now a very valuable communication tool. Like Twitter, the weblog is also used by politicians and, as mentioned above, by companies. In some cases it is even used as a news source by main stream media. For example during the tsunami in 2004 and hurricane Katrina in 2005. People that were there would report to specific blogs via SMS and by doing so, they could cover news that TV, radio nor newspapers were able to cover. The weblogs would get the news firsthand instead of the mainstream media, who usually got the scoop.
A different form of blogging is micro-blogging. This entails sending brief updates through cellphone or computer. Twitter is a good example of a micro-blog.
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