Viva La Blogosphere! An Exhibit of the Psychosocial/News/Political Benefits of Blogging
The purpose of my portfolio is to showcase my work on blogging interfaces and argue that blogging is not dead, but evolving. I have created a coherent organization of works and research materials that contextualize why blogging is still relevant and why it will not be subsumed by other modes of communication. I made a case for blogging particularly regarding the unique and irreplaceable psychosocial and political benefits it affords its users. Through features such as Tumblr’s tracked tags…
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…and communal pages where submissions of confessions or secrets are submitted…
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…blogging has in essence composted the past by remixing the form of the message board without compromising its benefits. Blogging presents users with a unique mode of communication that is entirely their own. It’s an experience of creation that would otherwise be contained by the 160-character limits on Twitter or the awkward Facebook status broadcast that does not suit such a self-centric social networking interface.
