Information and Networks

1) I agree most with Reed's law.  I believe that social media has a lot of power these days. It's easy for people to hit share or retweet on Facebook and Twitter.  People who share information makes it accessible to all of their friends and their friends might share it and start a chain reaction, which quickly increases the value of it. It makes it easier for people to connect with each other. People can choose who they decide to connect to whether that be a small group of friends or a large amount of people they chose to add. I think it's the most accurate way to measure the value of something because it's also easy to measure the amount of connections a person has on social media networks.

2)  I think in the next 5 years a majority of people are going to get all of their information over the internet. It's obvious in schools and in the workplace that they are becoming more dependent on computers, tablets, or phones to get their information. Less classrooms are using less books and becoming more interactive over the internet with reading articles online or, turning in assignments online. Other sources of information are also available online now too like newspapers and e-books. Everything is available over the internet these days so that's why I think it's going to be the main outlet to get information 5 years from now.

Why We Blog?

Based on the reading "Why We Blog", it's evident that most bloggers would only post something if it's widely accepted or if it wouldn't cause any controversy with any of their viewers to prevent any hurt feelings from friends or family. It's also a way to keep in touch others or to give something for others to keep in touch with you. Others use it as a way to express themselves when they don't know what to verbally say. Blogs are used as a way to express oneself in a forum that’s open to any topics that are being discussed. Political posts allow room for comments and debate. Posts on ones on beliefs can be seen as a way to raise awareness on topics, like the death penalty, the War in Iraq, etc.

In my opinion, blogs are similar to Facebook or Twitter in that you can post whatever you like without adding a face to it if you wish to or not. I like that if you choose you can make your posts seen by anyone by just going to their page instead of searching for a specific user. You can just come across a blog through other pages. Blogs are a great way to express yourself in any kind of aspect whether it be personal, political, educational, etc. without the overbearing eyes of friends unless you chose to make it public to them and advertised in on other social media outlets.

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