The vanity blog I chose is of my soon to be ex-sister-in-law. I chose her blog because she does such a nice job of keeping up with it and giving information about herself and subjects/topics that interest her.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=9309152&MyToken=5b925ace-bf97-4c35-bad9-58c0ccd003b4
The informative blog I chose is about Houston, TX. This blog provides various information about Houston such as current events and places to eat.
http://htownblogs.com/
These blogs are similar and different in many ways. First, vanity and info blogs give information. The vanity blog gives personal information about the author of the blog and an information blog gives information about a particular subject one may be researching. A vanity blog will most likely be seen by people who are close to the author, but can of course be seen by strangers as well. The information blog will most likely be found by someone who is looking up information on that subject.
They also share the fact that the authors will most likely give their own opinion of what ever topic they are posting. The vanity blog is mainly about their opinion and why, while the information blog is mainly there to provide an opinion so that others can make a decision based on what they read.
These blogs are different in that the sole purpose of their being created is based on two different reasons. The vanity blog is the author putting forth an effort to share personal information about themselves and also post pictures of them and the people in their lives. The information blog is made to give, those in search of, that particular information a view that may not be available by ordinary journalism or for example to give tips on something you must do when you visit a city.
I think that what makes for a good vanity blog depends on who is reading it. I am not going to read vanity blogs that belong to someone I don't know. I think the vanity blog that I provided the link to is a successful vanity blog because it gives information about the author and posts are made regularly on what they are up to.
I believe a good information blog is good when there is an abundance of information and the information is correct.
I give this particular type of journalism a 5 for being in agreement with my original thesis. Again, I feel that any information acquired on any blog should be taken with a grain of salt and much research should be done before believing anything you read on the internet in general.
1 comment:
That's a really good point about the vanity blogs that I didn't even think about. What makes a good vanity blog is often times who is reading it, because usually the person is obviously interested. I would only read one if I knew the person because I don't think I could just read a strangers life story and opinions because they wouldn't be as significant to me.
Good post!
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