Blogs can be used for many different purposes. Some blog to sway the opinions of readers or express their viewpoints, others blog for more social and communicative reasons. Through analyzing the type of text, the intended target reader, the literary desires of the author, the constraints of both the author and the reader, and the exigence, or real-life situations related to the writing, one can discover the overall meaning of the text and the differences between various types of blogging. Davis Friedman and Carrie Boyle are two bloggers that use the internet community in very different ways.
On blogspot.com, Friedman frequently posts his viewpoints about controversial issues today. He writes with proper English, in essay form and each post varies in length. He has many readers who post comments to respond to both the post and to each others’ comments. Through his posts, it seems that Friedman hopes to gain and spread knowledge through the comments of his readers and the research he does for his posts. The subject is most likely based on topics he and his readers feel passionate about. They are both constrained by prior beliefs related to the subject matter and appropriateness of the topic.
Boyle has a face book as her main source of blogging. Facebook.com is a site where users can, most simply, create a profile, post pictures and comment on each other’s homepages. The writing is usually in fragment sentences, with many slang terms. Because the “wall posts” and inbox messages are personalized, it is usually difficult for an outsider to interpret the meaning of the text. Both the author and the reader are clearly defined by usernames and profile information. Some constraints could be the real-life relationship or event between the author and the reader.
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