Blog v Wiki

Blogs are weblogs that connects the person who posts the blog (the blogger) to the reader. It is a way in which information can be shared with the audience. This could be a personal interest for example a person can post a blog about photography. This would create interest of readers who would respond back to these blogs through comments. This creates a two way communication.
On the other hand Wikis are web content that can be created, modified and organized by multiple users. Wikis are web pages where multiple users can post, delete or view content on a web page simultaneously. Wikis are mostly collaborative where as blogs are not very collaborative. It allows multiple users to share knowledge whereas through a blog a single user shares opinion. In today's interconnected world, where information flows across the globe with click of a button. Blogs and Wikis have converged sharing information with click of a button. We no longer wait for morning news anchors to provide us with the daily dose of whats going around the world. But instead we have converged into the diverse web network to gain information. According to the article "How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?" some analyst suggest blogs are to become the next generation opinion/editorial page. This is a a big step of collaboration and convergence as there is no need for a platform such as a NEWS network to communicate information. All that is required is a Internet connection and computer/mobile device. Blogs can be a work great for collaboration as it creates a two way stream between the blogger and the readers. An example is evident in the article "Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid" where local residents of a neighborhood in Brooklyn turned words into action. It started with a blog about a suspicious drug activity that attracted readers to comment and collaborate with the ongoing situation.  As a result of which a successful drug raid was achieved. Similarly today it could be used in different neighborhood to minimize illegal activities, by collaborating bloggers with readers of similar interest.
I think a different way to use wiki today would be to make the wikis more mobile and user friendly. This can be done by enabling video/audio content to be added to wikis. This would allow those with visual impairment to also use wikis and it can reach a wider audience with a much attractive user content.

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