Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Hw 11 Interview with MacKinnon

After reading Rebecca MacKinnon’s interview I decided to look up her blog entitled North Korea Zone. The website in general is very plain. It makes it purpose clear which is to educate about North Korea. I like how it talks about many different aspects of North Korea, everywhere from politics to art. The blog has about 8 authors who all have different views of North Korea. They are united in believing that they want people to become educated. The style of writing is relaxed but formal, in my eyes it is very readable. The blog doesn’t overwhelm you with so many fancy words that you can’t grasp what its saying. Since this is MacKinnon’s own blog I think that is still corresponds to her opinions about it in her interview. The only expectation of mine this blog did not fulfill was I felt it would be more factual instead of opinionated. After all many people have misconceptions about North Korea although I believe after reading this blog people will be more informed about what really goes on. They will be educated on more then just the politics. This blog is great because it talks about all different aspects of the country.

1 comment:

Tracy Mendham said...

Well done. This would help a reader understand what NK Zone covers and why one might read it.
Questions I have after reading your post are: What is an example of the readable, accessible style of writing you noticed? Can you give a link to a particular post? Can you say more the topics, in addition to noting that politics and art are covered?