Blog v. Wikis

There is one glaring difference between blogs and wikis that make each a unique tool for new media communication - Wikis are innately designed for collaborative work and blogs are designed to be a space where an individual is able to post his/her thoughts. According to Stacy Hawkins of the U.S. Embassy, Wikis are "open to the contributions of all who work [together]." Through a wiki, many different people come together to create one project. Unlike wikis, where opinions are collected before the publication, blogs welcome individual opinions and thoughts before leading to a group or corporate feedback. There are distinct benefits to both wikis and blogs - wikis offer a productive means to complete collaborative projects, and blogs offer individual freedom and personal cyberspace which seem like a rarity in today's corporate society.

Sources: 

 Barbaro, Michael. “Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write Unfiltered Blog.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 Mar. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/business/03walmart.html.
Cohen, Noam. “An Internal Wiki That's Not Classified.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Aug. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04link.html?auth=login-email&login=email.

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