User:Blog account/sandbox

Sylvia, Raquel, Denzel, Maddy

What is blogging an online journal or informational website displaying information. This information can be memories, giving advice can be fiction or nonfiction Giving advice, fiction/non fiction Give new ideas to people Inform

The emergence and growth. Late 90s 2010s Web 2.0 (the second generation of the World Wide Web. The genesis of Web 2.0 brought on a new social aspect to the internet and formed the media we know today.) Allowed to leave comments Builds social relations Online diaries Around 500-1000 email subscribers first year 1994-1997: The early stages The earliest example of what could be considered a “blog” was in 1983. It wouldn’t catch on again until 1987, rev.humor.funny, which still exists today (although inactive.) From there, the idea of “blogging” became a more popular.

The year 2002 also saw the dawn of “Mommy Bloggers,” which largely consisted of mothers blogging about parenting, aiming to create a sense of support and learning for their readers. This blog gained a lot of attention and would continue to dominate for over a decade.

In February 2004, video blogs were introduced and the next generation of blogging started. In 2005, YouTube started and it invited users to share information about themselves, their hobbies, interests and such. With the emergence of blogging. It came with negative things. With the introduction of the users commenting people had to take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog. The blogger had to tolerance level of  abusive comments but they could consider eliminating anonymous comments.

Types of blogs: Art, Photo blogs, Video blogs, DIY, Travel, Sports, Food blogs.