hw 13- To technologically advanced?

The assignment for this blog was to decide whether blogging in business or the impact of blogging on communication that is not business or profit related was more important. At first that was a hard question to answer. Blogging is becoming so important in the business world that it can determine whether an individual or business is successful. After reading “Blogs will change your business” by Baker and Green I came to the conclusion that it would be important in communication that was not business related. Communication between people in the most important way of spreading news. Individuals spreading there feelings and emotions in a non business atmosphere can say so much more then a business blog in my opinion. Baker and Green suggest that “Sure, most blogs are painfully primitive. That’s not the point. They represent power. Look at it this way: In the age of mass media, publications like ours print the news. Sources try to get quoted but the decision is ours. Ditto with letters to the editor. Now instead of just speaking through us, they can blog. And if they master the ins and outs of this new art like how to get other bloggers to link to them they can reach a huge audience”(Baker 224). This quote really helped me make up my mind. Ordinary people have so much power through just one online blog. They can also influence many other people. The best part about this is the topic can be anything. Looking outside of the business world blogging can be about so much more. This is rather scary because it is a new way for people to communicate without really seeing each other. In this technologically advanced world communication is key, so people need to be able to express there ideas. I hope that over the years people will be able to learn more ways of communicating there ideas through blogs.