Comments on: The Impact of Blogs http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Matthew D Hopps http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-131500 Matthew D Hopps Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:15:51 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-131500 Hello, My name is Matthew Hopps. I am a 22 year old final year undergraduate student from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. I am writing a dissertation for Derby University in the subject of Creative Writing. My aim is to discover the extent to which internet blogs are a good form of self expression when compared to other methods and whether these factors are affected by an individual’s writing skills. I would be very grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete the following questions and return this e-mail. All information will be treated in the strictest confidence. What is your name? What is your gender? What age range do you fit into? 19 20>35 36>50 51>65 66+ Please state what country, and what area of that country you live in. (town/city/county). Could you tell me a little bit about your professional life and history. How well, or otherwise, would you say your professional life is compatible, or agreeable with; the internet, computers, and the contemporary methods of communication and self expression that it has brought with it? Do you, yourself, keep an internet blog? Why/why not? Would/do you read internet blogs to find new ideas, material or authors? Similarly, do/would you read internet blogs from a journalistic point-of-view and/or for pleasure as well? Can internet blogs be a legitimate source for self expression versus the more traditional and low-tech methods? Can internet blogs be a legitimate source for publishing material in the future, compared to the traditional methods? Lastly, what is your overall opinion of internet blogs, in all contexts? In order to complete my dissertation, I need to interview some suitable people to gain original knowledge, opinions and information about blogging and writing as forms of self expression. If you are happy for me to talk to you, please do get in touch. I endeavour to update everyone with some results once my project nears completion. Thank you in advance. Matthew Hopps M.D.Hopps1@student.derby.ac.uk Matthopps@hotmail.com Matthopps.blog.co.uk Matthopps@livejournal.com http://matthopps.wordpress.com Hello,

My name is Matthew Hopps. I am a 22 year old final year undergraduate student from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. I am writing a dissertation for Derby University in the subject of Creative Writing. My aim is to discover the extent to which internet blogs are a good form of self expression when compared to other methods and whether these factors are affected by an individual’s writing skills.

I would be very grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete the following questions and return this e-mail. All information will be treated in the strictest confidence.

What is your name?

What is your gender?

What age range do you fit into?
19
20>35
36>50
51>65
66+

Please state what country, and what area of that country you live in.
(town/city/county).

Could you tell me a little bit about your professional life and history.

How well, or otherwise, would you say your professional life is compatible, or agreeable with; the internet, computers, and the contemporary methods of communication and self expression that it has brought with it?

Do you, yourself, keep an internet blog? Why/why not?

Would/do you read internet blogs to find new ideas, material or authors?

Similarly, do/would you read internet blogs from a journalistic point-of-view and/or for pleasure as well?

Can internet blogs be a legitimate source for self expression versus the more traditional and low-tech methods?

Can internet blogs be a legitimate source for publishing material in the future, compared to the traditional methods?

Lastly, what is your overall opinion of internet blogs, in all contexts?

In order to complete my dissertation, I need to interview some suitable people to gain original knowledge, opinions and information about blogging and writing as forms of self expression. If you are happy for me to talk to you, please do get in touch.

I endeavour to update everyone with some results once my project nears completion.

Thank you in advance.

Matthew Hopps

M.D.Hopps1@student.derby.ac.uk
Matthopps@hotmail.com

Matthopps.blog.co.uk
Matthopps@livejournal.com
http://matthopps.wordpress.com

]]> By: Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Theatre reviewing and blogs http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-99012 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » Theatre reviewing and blogs Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:09:11 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-99012 [...] we are reading insightless cliché - Many of us have been identifying these features for yonks! To paraphrase Michael Coveney, bloggers are being presented by comment on “blog culture” by people who often know less about it than they do. [...] [...] we are reading insightless cliché - Many of us have been identifying these features for yonks! To paraphrase Michael Coveney, bloggers are being presented by comment on “blog culture” by people who often know less about it than they do. [...]

]]> By: Fay Young » Bums on seats http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17831 Fay Young » Bums on seats Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:56:53 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17831 [...] Sure enough, the online article shows a picture of three council chairs – the good, the bad and even worse, the one about to support the civic bottom. Even more depressing, there are readers still rabbiting on about this enormous waste of money. Have they nothing better to do with their time? Stupidly, I add my own comment with a prissy reminder of the climate change debate that was diverted as a result of these bloody chairs. So what does that say about me? I guess it all serves to illustrate the point made by Robert Sharp in his blog yesterday. Quoting Parkinson’s Law he suggests that the time spent on any item of committee discussion will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ( Parkinson’s Law is a compendium of satirical essays by C. Northcote Parkinson’s which is now on my Santa list). By extension it seems the same ‘law of triviality’ applies to stories in our local press. I was surprised (and, ok, dead chuffed) to have my council ‘report’, Hot air stifles climate change debate picked up by Robert as an illustration of his earlier blog about the impact of ‘citizen journalism’. This was my first personal experience of the way blogs can be passed through communities either because they share similar clusters of attitudes or because they need amunition to disagree with them. It is both exhiliarating and slightly scary – there are some decidedly odd buggers out there! And would you believe it, they don’t all agree with me? [...] [...] Sure enough, the online article shows a picture of three council chairs – the good, the bad and even worse, the one about to support the civic bottom. Even more depressing, there are readers still rabbiting on about this enormous waste of money. Have they nothing better to do with their time? Stupidly, I add my own comment with a prissy reminder of the climate change debate that was diverted as a result of these bloody chairs. So what does that say about me? I guess it all serves to illustrate the point made by Robert Sharp in his blog yesterday. Quoting Parkinson’s Law he suggests that the time spent on any item of committee discussion will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ( Parkinson’s Law is a compendium of satirical essays by C. Northcote Parkinson’s which is now on my Santa list). By extension it seems the same ‘law of triviality’ applies to stories in our local press. I was surprised (and, ok, dead chuffed) to have my council ‘report’, Hot air stifles climate change debate picked up by Robert as an illustration of his earlier blog about the impact of ‘citizen journalism’. This was my first personal experience of the way blogs can be passed through communities either because they share similar clusters of attitudes or because they need amunition to disagree with them. It is both exhiliarating and slightly scary – there are some decidedly odd buggers out there! And would you believe it, they don’t all agree with me? [...]

]]> By: Chicken Yoghurt » Robert Sharp: The Impact of Blogs http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17488 Chicken Yoghurt » Robert Sharp: The Impact of Blogs Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:22:59 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17488 [...] read the rest… Filed under chicken nuggets, bloggerdom See also Dig the new breed, Quintessentially New Labour and Mass Lone Protest Pictorial permalink | trackback | print this | leave a comment [...] [...] read the rest… Filed under chicken nuggets, bloggerdom See also Dig the new breed, Quintessentially New Labour and Mass Lone Protest Pictorial permalink | trackback | print this | leave a comment [...]

]]> By: June Parrish Cookson http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17459 June Parrish Cookson Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:54:38 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/10/28/impact-of-blogs/#comment-17459 Thanks for the informative post. I began my artblog in August at first with intentions of just showing my paintings, but now I have extended this with more writing. And it is this writing that has created a new and rewarding comaraderie with other artists, writers, etc. I'm grateful I decided to join blog-world! Thanks for the informative post. I began my artblog in August at first with intentions of just showing my paintings, but now I have extended this with more writing. And it is this writing that has created a new and rewarding comaraderie with other artists, writers, etc. I’m grateful I decided to join blog-world!

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