Wednesday, October 7, 2015

BLOGS vs WIKIS



             Individuals use the internet to create blogs and wiki which are sources of information that can be beneficial to one another.There are very similar and have many small discrepancies between each other. In a wiki, Users can login and edit content, but it is limited because facilitators control it. In a blog there is a single author that publish the blogs and multiple com mentors. One main difference is the layout and organization of information. In a blog posts are usually opinions written in the authors voice whereas wikis are more knowledge oriented. According To Ezra Goodnoe in the article "How to Use wikis for business"Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that is written and maintained by,well,anybody,who feels like it. Even though anybody can edit it facilitators pre screen there edits and pick and modify which are gonna be a best fit in that category or situation.

        Blogs and wikis are highly needed in modern society to access information in brief seconds. They are both classified as social software and are designed to facilitate personal interactions over computer networks. it can be used to learn people views on certain topics and allows one to communicate with one another. According to Michael Wilson in the article "brooklyn blog helps lead to drug raid,"But peering turned to blogging, and bloggin turned to action, as neighbors start filling complaints with the 68th precinct station house and attenting community board 10 meetings. The article describes an online community discussing criminal activity and taking action.

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