So, what is the big difference between the two? The biggest fundamental difference between a wiki and a blog is: wiki's tend to have multiple contributors or authors of its respective content. Blogs on the other hand, typically have a single author but can have other contributors. Both wikis and blogs aid the idea of a virtual convergence of today's networked world. The ability to bring together many different virtual networks of communities in one of a multiplicity of places to communicate in a collaborative manner to introduce ideas and opinions on so many different subject matters. This convergence has become increasingly important and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as the necessity for constant real-time communication will increase exponentially.
As previously stated, blogs tend to have a single author, although there can certainly be many contributors. Blogs tend to have a more subjective, opinion-based perspective that allows for dialogue and the exchange of ideas. The unique advantage of blogs is the appeal that they have to "real everyday people." According to Kathy E. Gill in her essay "How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?" "blogs are typically used by non or unofficial experts to discuss a wide array of topics. With respect to collaboration, blogs can be used to Bloggers write about topics that matter to them; their audience may be large or small. Some blogs are single-person operations (one to many); others have a community of authors (many to many). They foster community and conversation by allowing readers to comment on postings, thus becoming an author in turn, or by providing an e-mail
address to dialog directly with the blogger."
Wikis are a slightly different in nature. The creation of wikis are more of a collaborative effort. They have a group of contributors that provide content and even visual design to bring together the final product. The advantage to having group contributions is it provides a sense of checks and balances in the sense of more than one is looking at the various content to assure propriety on things such as fact checking and even grammar correction. In recent years, there has been an advance in the use of wikis within the diplomatic community. According to Noam Cohen in his New York Times article centered around the use of wikis: "The decision to embrace wikis is part of a changing ethic at the department, from a “need to know culture” to a “need to share culture,” said Daniel Sheerin, deputy director of eDiplomacy, which was created in 2003."
An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified
How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?
As previously stated, blogs tend to have a single author, although there can certainly be many contributors. Blogs tend to have a more subjective, opinion-based perspective that allows for dialogue and the exchange of ideas. The unique advantage of blogs is the appeal that they have to "real everyday people." According to Kathy E. Gill in her essay "How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?" "blogs are typically used by non or unofficial experts to discuss a wide array of topics. With respect to collaboration, blogs can be used to Bloggers write about topics that matter to them; their audience may be large or small. Some blogs are single-person operations (one to many); others have a community of authors (many to many). They foster community and conversation by allowing readers to comment on postings, thus becoming an author in turn, or by providing an e-mail
address to dialog directly with the blogger."
Wikis are a slightly different in nature. The creation of wikis are more of a collaborative effort. They have a group of contributors that provide content and even visual design to bring together the final product. The advantage to having group contributions is it provides a sense of checks and balances in the sense of more than one is looking at the various content to assure propriety on things such as fact checking and even grammar correction. In recent years, there has been an advance in the use of wikis within the diplomatic community. According to Noam Cohen in his New York Times article centered around the use of wikis: "The decision to embrace wikis is part of a changing ethic at the department, from a “need to know culture” to a “need to share culture,” said Daniel Sheerin, deputy director of eDiplomacy, which was created in 2003."
An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified
How can we measure the influence of the blogosphere?
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