So I must admit I am having trouble with these blogs. Without a set topic, I have no idea what to write. I wait around all week, hoping to get inspired before class on Monday. However, such inspiration hasn't come easily the last few weeks. And, to add insult to injury, no one has commented on my blog on about a month, so I can't even make long blog responses to others' comments to me.
I guess this lack of blog-based inspiration is inspiration in itself. I guess maybe this week I should explore the age-old, newly-existential question, If a blogger blogs and no one is around to hear it, does it really make a difference?
Yes, each week I write these blogs without fail because they are essential to my ED6060 grade. However, is blogging without an audience beside the grader any different than writing a paper and handing it in to just that one professor?
I believe that depends on the intentions of the author of the blog. If the blogger wants others to read it but they don't, that is one thing. If the blogger isn't particularly enthused about the world and his classmates reading about how he hasn't had a profound thought about digital media in at least 7 days, it's another. It can be embarrassing and stressful. It takes the typical stress of academic writing and risks multiplying it by posting it in a public forum AND making it obvious when no one registers the text.
Of course, I am the latter of these students. Please, don't think I cry every Monday over my poorly-attended blogs. I do not take it personally. Rather, I think this is one risk of having individual blogs in a class that requires pick-and-chose responses from others.
To my readers (if any): please, do me a favor and just leave a note acknowledging you've been here and read this far. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteNiki, I just read it and your other blogs written after this one. For the record, I really appreciate how detailed and thoughtful your comments are. I know that when I read your blogs I am guaranteed to come away with a question I did not have before or an appreciation for an aspect of the topic I had not considered. I am one of those delinquent bloggers/comment writers and I apologize for my recent lack of participation. I can relate to your frustration about trying to carry on a conversation when it feels like nobody is listening. I enjoyed your last blog on intellectual property and would like to (hopefully sometime this week) sit down and write a thoughtful response or comment. Unfortunately, today the babysitter is leaving in 10 minutes so my comments above will have to do for now. I just want you to know I am reading. See you tomorrow.
ReplyDelete-Sara