Topic 5: Reflections on the process of creating the weblog and the skills you are acquiring, the theoretical positions you are developing, and the standpoint you are adopting as a blogger.

Topic 4: Classifications of blogs and an example or two of different blogging communities

Topic 2: Reflections on blogs as a phenomenon and how they have affected our community

1.    introduction giving an overview of the purpose of your weblog

2.    reflections on blogs as a phenomenon and how they have affected our community

3.    designing for print versus designing for online

4.    new forms of media publishing, e.g. newspapers, magazines are online as well as printed format now

5.    classifications of blogs and an example or two of different blogging communities

6.    list of professional links (such as Radio National Media Report) and hyperlinks to important sites

7.    an additional 4-6 regular postings of not less than 150 words on chosen media/publishing issues
for example: 2 – 3 on print related issues in publication, and 2 – 3 on online related issues in publication

8.    reflections on the process of creating the weblog and the skills you are acquiring, the theoretical positions you are  developing, and the standpoint you are adopting as a blogger.

Topic 3: Designing for print vs designing for online

Post 1: Introduction

This blog is for Assignment 3 – Weblog, whereby we’re encouraged to share our views on topics pertaining to the media.

Understanding the constant evolutions of the media is paramount in not only those in the communications industry, it also plays a definitive role in our everyday lives. More so than ever, we now breathe and live in the Web2.0 generation, whereby the alphabetical cereal we cossume are HTMLs, and java is beyond the daily intake of caffeine.

This is about habitual modification, a seamless transformation that is happening at lightning speed. How the internet is more than just high speed connection with the world, but retrieving ready information from multiple channels in various forms – from factual journals, to daily accounts of life and personal anecdotes on the way of life being broadcasted on a global medium.

And weblogs, is one of the most impactful spawns from the birth of internet connectivity.