Blog v Wiki
A blog, as defined in Kathy Gill's How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere? includes characteristics such as reverse chronological journaling, regular and date-stamped entries, links to related news articles among other things, archived entries, RSS or XML feed, and a voice. On the other hand, a wiki, as defined in How to Use Wikis for Business, by Ezra Goodnoe, is "the simplest online database that could possibly work." A blog is a person's outlet where they can discuss their passions with their audience while a wiki is more of a database where users can pull information from.
As discussed in Gill's paper, blogs can be about many different things such as history, politics, personal life and many more. Blogging is said to be similar to journalism as both share the connection between established media and reader. A blogger can share their experiences to their reader and this forms a community. On the other hand, unlike a blog, a wiki is a collaboration of sources to provide information for people to use. Due to it being open source, wikis can constantly be updated as we learn new information. This also requires other users to fact check wikis to make sure that people are not putting in incorrect information. In other words, a blog is more personal while a wiki is more official.
In an increasingly interconnected world, convergence is extremely important. Innovations in technology allow people from all over the world to connect with each other and share their knowledge and experience. These unique experiences from people can be combined into something like a wiki or blog to provide diverse content with multiple perspectives. It can also promote discussion among readers and bloggers alike. Blogs can be used for collaboration by providing different perspectives on the same topic. If people endorse each other's blogs, a reader can get multiple opinions on a topic formed by different experiences. Wikis, like blogs, also utilize the differences in people's experience to provide information. The most popular wiki, Wikipedia, is used by many people to provide basic information about a variety of topics. There are also wikis for specific things such as TV shows and video games. In my opinion, wikis at this point in time cannot be much improved upon because the best ones provide a plethora of information and inter-connectivity to subtopics mentioned in articles.
Sources:
How Can We Measure the Influence of the Blogosphere? by Kathy E. Gill. Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, May 2004. available from:http://faculty.washington.edu/kegill/pub/www2004_blogosphere_gill.pdf
"How to Use Wikis for Business," by Ezra Goodnoe, Information Week, August 8, 2005, http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167600331
As discussed in Gill's paper, blogs can be about many different things such as history, politics, personal life and many more. Blogging is said to be similar to journalism as both share the connection between established media and reader. A blogger can share their experiences to their reader and this forms a community. On the other hand, unlike a blog, a wiki is a collaboration of sources to provide information for people to use. Due to it being open source, wikis can constantly be updated as we learn new information. This also requires other users to fact check wikis to make sure that people are not putting in incorrect information. In other words, a blog is more personal while a wiki is more official.
In an increasingly interconnected world, convergence is extremely important. Innovations in technology allow people from all over the world to connect with each other and share their knowledge and experience. These unique experiences from people can be combined into something like a wiki or blog to provide diverse content with multiple perspectives. It can also promote discussion among readers and bloggers alike. Blogs can be used for collaboration by providing different perspectives on the same topic. If people endorse each other's blogs, a reader can get multiple opinions on a topic formed by different experiences. Wikis, like blogs, also utilize the differences in people's experience to provide information. The most popular wiki, Wikipedia, is used by many people to provide basic information about a variety of topics. There are also wikis for specific things such as TV shows and video games. In my opinion, wikis at this point in time cannot be much improved upon because the best ones provide a plethora of information and inter-connectivity to subtopics mentioned in articles.
Sources:
How Can We Measure the Influence of the Blogosphere? by Kathy E. Gill. Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, May 2004. available from:http://faculty.washington.edu/kegill/pub/www2004_blogosphere_gill.pdf
"How to Use Wikis for Business," by Ezra Goodnoe, Information Week, August 8, 2005, http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167600331
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