CULTURAL EXPERT: YANTING
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2482097,00.html
http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/362073/blog-growth-dips-as-technorati-tackles-splog-problem.html?keywords=technorati
As the article suggests, blogging has became a phenomenon over the past few years. People all over the world are starting to blog, be it using blogger, livejournal or diaryland. It all started out as an online personal diary, but has evolved to become blogshops where people can purchase items online or even a platform for people to discuss certain issues.
People can read off from a foreign blog, and even though it may not be of their native language, they translate into other languages like English and repost it for others to read. This is how blogs have changed the method local and global issues are discussed, becoming a reflection of this interconnectedness and an increasingly globalized world.
Everybody from all over the world can read what you typed and posted, it uses the cyberspace that does not affect people with their distance between each other. It bridges both language and culture, between both sides of the countries. Like MSN messenger service, it uses instant messenging allowing people to chat with other people even from far away countries.
From the article,
“Every person sitting in front of a computer is a peer and together they are creating the global digital society,” he said.
Therefore, blogging is indeed globalised and it connects people from one side of the globe to another. Just look at what you are looking right now, blogger?!
Your cultural expert, Yanting!
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