Blog V Wiki

Blogs and Wikis both share space and a purpose on the internet. These two things both have their similarities but they both have the goal of sharing information on the internet. Despite the fact that they both share info, they do it at through different means and they both have their different benefits.
Blogging has its benefits and this is evident with the article by the New York Times called "Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid." This article mentions a specific blog called "bayridgetalk.com." That blog had chronicled some indecent drug situations that had become a problem in the neighborhood. That blog took off and became popular and that led to actions taken against the problem. A blog usually has a singular idea that is made to tell a specific story or problem. That allows it to potentially catch fire in terms of popularity. That is in contrast of Wikis that are more of a encyclopedia of knowledge that many people can contribute to that Wiki.
That is one benefit that Wikis present. It allows for a collaborative process. This is mentioned in the article "More on How to Build Your Own Wikipedia" on CIO.com. Specifically, the article mentions that it "[makes] it easier to gather and share information as well as record discussions about a subject" and it "can help people improve their processes and get projects done faster." Wikis allow for an easier collaboration process but blogs also can be a collaborative process. This would be used to tell the audience of the blog all the perspective of the different writers. That would be clearly marked as opposed to the Wiki way were the Wiki is more of a everyone working at the same thing. Wikis and blogs serve their purpose of sharing information on the internet and that information is important to disperse and these two mediums allow for everyone to see and that is important since there is so many places to get information from on the internet and that is important in the modern networked age.