Blog v Wiki

In my opinion, I think that one of the biggest differences between blogs and wikis is that the latter is created through collaborative effort. Some blogs can have more than one contributor but in most cases they are created and maintained by a solo writer. Wikis are websites that grow continuously from various users adding content. As defined Rob Edmonds (Up from the Grassroots), wiki is defined as "a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change all content very quickly and easily". Additionally they are, "designed to improve information sharing and collaboration known collectively"(Locher, "More on How to Build Your Own Wikipedia").

Wikis are also composed of pages that can be edited, changed, and added by multiple users. Blogs are composed of posts and entries and are left in the chronological order in which they are published. In a way blogs can be collaborative by allowing viewers to comment on posts, but this interaction is very different than that of the shared writing process used in wikis.

Wiki pages tend to stay relevant because they offer knowledge-based information and are constantly edited and changed by users. Blog posts are not usually updated, therefore they are timely and lose popularity/views and relevance as time goes by. Blogs themselves can still be just as relevant as wikis. They just need to be added to constantly with new posts rather than a single post being edited and added to.


I think that in the future wikis can potentially be used for exchanging and updating medical information resources. For example, hospitals can each have wikis where they add new information regarding diseases, surgical procedures, etc. With this, they can share them with other hospitals and have doctors and nurses update and edit information, making each hospital's array of information stronger and collaborative. This could be especially helpful for surgical theories and thesis research because if a doctor is stuck on a certain element, another doctor can add their insight and potentially help the other doctor make a breakthrough with their thinking.

We all know that social media has changed the game- but for better or for worse?

Social networks are dominating the internet and mobile world. With their widespread popularity and power, social networking has inevitably become a controversial topic of discussion. Because of this, I decided that it would be interesting to analyze both sides of the pro and con social networking arguments. So, I have chosen to conduct an analysis on both the positive and negative effects of social networking. In order to do this, I will first come up with all of the good and bad effects I can think of myself. Then I will consult websites, statistics, psychology studies, etc to find data that corresponds to the effects. Since the effects of social networking are becoming more and more heated, I am sure there will be tons of data to support all arguments.