When we watched the video interview of Andrew Revkin, NewYorkTimes.com science blogger, he brought up some interesting points about blogs: Blogs are often only read by people who are searching for the specific topic the blog discusses. They may be good for the peopl interested because it gives them a chance to comment back and discuss with other people who are as interested in something as they are, but it is hard to reach a wide demographic of people.
I always believed that blogs reached more people, because they are on the internet--which is worldwide. But Andrew Revkin brought up the point that in a newspaper, people who wouldn't normally read about the environment or scientific developments will come across his article and read it just because they usually read the people front to back; thus, reaching a larger demographic of people.
He also mentioned finding a way for people to call into the blog and post voice comments on his blog, which I thought was a very interesting idea, although some downfalls might be having to censor what people say. But discussing the popularity of blogs and their multi-media capability--the good and the bad--gives me the chance to have more to say in my paper. :)
-Kristina Kercher
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