Blogs vs Wikis

Blogs are a place where anyone in the world can set up a topic and freely talk about it and share with the world. The last few years have been an increasing rise in blog use and places like PerezHilton, Mediatakeout, and Gawker are prime examples of that. Wiki's are a different in that they are a collaboration of information people can contribute. A wiki a company may have becomes helpful in gathering and managing their own knowledge, making it much easier for employees to access. As quoted, "a software application that allows groups of users to create, edit and comment on online documents—so that each team member could contribute and access up-to-date information on the project".

Today's world is so technology driven that anything new media provides is one step closer to gaining more knowledge. Stated above is how wikis are used in collaboration but blogs are different. Usually to contribute to a blog the person would need to add their comment, but they wouldn't have the same administrator rights as the blog owner.


cited:
"http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/26280
/celebrity_blogs_the_impact_of_new_media.html"


"http://www.cio.com/article/336818
/More_on_How_to_Build_Your_Own_Wikipedia"