Week 6 posting

For this weeks assignment, find a strictly vanity blog and an info. Blog and compare and contrast the two in several paragraphs.

Vanity blog: http://www.myspace.com/godamunginsects

Info blog: http://baseballblogs.org/

1. Summarize each of the 2 research links you found above.

Well, the first blog I listed is most certainly the DEFINITION of a vanity blog. This guy is someone I used to know back in high school who seems to believe himself to be some sort of deity. If you take the time to read his ramblings, I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s really quite sad, the way he rambles on about himself being “the fulfillment of the prophesy”. Guess you have to know the guy to really understand how deeply he believes this stuff.

The second blog I’ve listed is actually a blog of blogs, so to speak. This lists a great many people who blog about baseball and its’ goings-on. More than anything it’s a ranting post for people who aren’t really insiders, but like to think that they have the answers to every team’s problems. It’s a home of armchair quarterbacks nationwide (sorry, couldn’t think of the baseball version of that analogy).

2. Do you feel blogging particularly supports this type of journalism as compared to print media? Why or why not? What makes for a good info. blog? What makes for a good vanity blog?

I do feel that blogging supports this type of journalism, simply because a great many of the posts which I’ve read in blogs are inane drivel that would never make it through the gatekeepers of legitimate media. Good info blogs are driven by good research and good connections, but if a person had those connections, they would likely be employed by someone who wanted to publish their material. I’m not sure that I believe in such a thing as a good vanity blog.

3. Did the research material you found support or not support your original thesis (posted in module 1) To help you quantify your research, rate the preceding question on a scale of 1 to 5.

5: Strongly supports my thesis.