New New Media (6-10)

Levinson states very practical life situations. Blogs, which are a new way of communication in the online media field. Bloggers post about something and other shares their opinions and their experiences. It can be considered life commenting to a question on Facebook or replying to a tweet on twitter. But journalists and serious writers who do this to get reviews and feedback of viewers use blogs. Although there are a lot of people whom blog, this I the first time I am actually blogging and also learning a lot about blogs. The good part about blogging what I’ve experienced is that I can do it from anywhere, at 2am in the morning lying down in my bed.

Blogs and social media are also susceptible to cyber bullying, as commenting is open to everyone!! It can be hard to avoid these comments but this is the opinion of some viewers. You cannot satisfy everyone and there are going to be those who post negative words, thoughts and ideas. Privacy is a way of solving this issue. No doubt the creator of the blog or question can delete it, but once it’s on the Internet it may take a while until noticed and taken down. In this time, the damage can be done. Privacy settings enable the user to choose who can view/comment on the post. Constructive criticism should be practiced rather than outright negativity and rudeness. Cyber bullying also are reaching creepy levels where people are getting stalked and followed for the wrong reasons and the wrong intensions. And this is one of social medias cons