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Recap and Review

After an entire semester of blogging for my Media Law and Literacy, I've learned a bit about the power of blogging. Blogging is essentially a form of citizen journalism and allows everyday citizens to act as gatekeeepers. It allows anyone to share their knowledge or creative ideas to entertain, persuade, and inform others.

While I may not continue blogging like this in the future, it's given me a better appreciation of what blogging can do and how important it is, especially in the world of social media. So many different avenues of sharing information have become available since technology has involved so drastically but this one sticks out. Its completely customizable and usable for everyone.

I hope that the people who use blogging use it for the right reasons. While it can be used to spread false information, it can also be used to spread truth and creativity. It shouldn't be stifled and we should be promoting this form of freedom of speech.

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