BLOG: BLOG V WIKI

While blogs and Wiki's are both online and part of new media, their usage is different. Blogs have a one-to-many interaction, in which there is one author/creator that is in charge of the blog. If any comments are posted, usually it must be approved by the blog creator. While they can add links to other blogs or sites, in efforts to make it "collaborative", their is seldom anyway for many people to actually contribute to the blog on their own, unless it is a shared Blog. Blogs are usually used for more personal writings and outlets, like the army soldiers use to share their experiences while deployed.

Wiki's however are more informative and actually collaborative. While there had to have been one person who decided to open the wiki page, they are not the sole creator or author as a wiki can be edited by almost anyone at anytime during the day without need for permission (in most cases) or a password. A wiki serves as a guide for general knowledge and can be specialized in any field. From business Wiki's to fan wiki's, anyone with knowledge can be a contributor. While not all wiki pages allow for anonymous contributors, like Diplopedia, the fact that there are still numerous contributors adding new things or editing things on the same page makes it a Wiki page.


Sources:
Dao, James "Pentagon Keep Wary Watch as Troops Blogs" Sep. 2009
Cohen, Noam "An internal Wiki That's Not Classified" Aug. 2004

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