Blogs as Talk Shows
I've been thinking about this lately. Some time ago (in the mid-1990s, probably), I was listening to a panel of people talk about the phenomenon of talk shows. They were exploding back then; every celebrity (and has-been celebrity) was getting his or her own talk show. Someone said, "I think, in the future, everyone will have a talk show." I think blogs are kind of like talk shows, in a funny way. The blogger chooses a topic, puts it out there, and then has a comment function--an analogue of the microphone that the host passes around to the studio audience. :-) Eh, just a thought. Up next--shocking paternity test results! Makeovers to make butchy girls look more feminine so their parents will be happy! :-P
In other news: Ms. Lauren is hilarious.
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Jerry Springer ain't got nothin' on this blog
As long as the paternity test is to see if your brother is the father of your stepmother's child (and said stepmother is willing to expose her breasts on this blog), we won't be disappointed ;-)
On a more serious note, talk show culture has certainly come to the classroom, as more and more students seem unable to talk *to* or *with* each other as opposed to *at* each other. What impact might the increased use of blogs in the classroom have on the phenomenom if blogs are, in fact, the cyber equivalent of the talk show?
I know in my own short experience blogging, I've spent more time listening (i.e. reading) than talking (i.e. writing), but will this be true for students?
What are you finding so far, Clancy?
Cindy