Blogs vs Wikis

While analyzing two major new media applications:blog and wiki,which both are web 2.0 applications,I found some similarities and differences between them.
A blog is usually maintained by its owner who regularly enters his comments on various topics such as music,politics or philosophy.Blog is more as a personal journal on line that can be frequently updated by the individual and reflects the personality and character of its owner.
In contrast,a wiki is a webpage as well, but it can be editable by all its users who may modernize it any way they want.One good example is Wikipedia,a big encyclopedia on line with thousands of articles on various topics.It is constantly evolving and can be changed by anyone.
I believe that convergence have a significant impact on today’s technology.Convergence is the combination of all different media into one operating platform,and it makes possible for one element to provide multi – service.One good example is Internet,which provides the most significant convergence service because it combines all know communication media into one single service available on a computer screen.
Since the Wikipedia is free to access,the contributions made by doctors, economists and other professionals should be rewarded for their quality and valuable ideas and allow them to earn a reasonable profit.Moreover, Wikis are usually collaborative,unlike most blogs because it permits content creation or revision by any person.It may also be created as a company internal network, where every employee may leave feedback or advices how to improve company performance.Blogs can be also use for collaboration in many ways.One of them is to create a blog which can be accessed by scientists in the particular field as medicine in order to allow them to publish their ideas and develop treatments which may bring hope to millions of people suffering from the diseases.
I believe that a good idea for a wiki that has not been done yet is to make it more secure by allowing a user to edit only his own text and left comments or rate on other people’s publications.

Work Cited:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
www.informationweek.com
www.cnn.com
www.nytimes.com