Reflection


        Blogging has gain its recognition as a worldwide phenomenon that has taken everyone by storm. There are challenges to blogging and starting out as a beginner blogger is not easy. Zúñiga et.al (2011) agrees that as bloggers mature into the blogging world, one starts to understand the functions and the power of blogging. Writing for a blog is different from writing for a magazine or a newspaper. A blog does not comply to certain writing guides that magazines or newspapers have to follow. Casual language is allowed to be used writing for a blog. Jargons, and the use of 'I' to refer to the first person can be used because the ones who would be reading the blog would be those from the same community and society. Hence, the shared norms of communicating. To conclude, bloggers have it easy compared to those writing for a more professional published materials.


References
Zúñiga, H.G.D, Lewis, S.C, Willard, A, Valenzuala, S, Lee, J.K 2011, 'Blogging as a journalistic practice: A model linking perception, motivation, and behavior', Journalism, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 586 - 606, viewed 4 June 2012, <http://jou.sagepub.com.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/content/12/5/586.full.pdf+html>