I don’t consider myself an official blogger yet because of
my lack of posts and initiative thus far. Andrew Sullivan however, is an
official blogger because of his passion and his addiction to real time
reactions of the global sphere. Blogging is like stream-of-consciousness writing.
It is more raw than the severely edited and revised articles that other forms
of publication provide. In a
typical office, many reporters and columnists experience a connection to their
editor rather than to their readers directly. This is limits the writer-reader
relationship where criticisms can be dulled and reactions ignored through the
grapevine of editing. The blogosphere provides a place for writers to connect
with friends and foes and openly discuss subjects without office politics. A
benefit of this is that blogging “is a broadcast, not a publication” allowing
sources to be checked for ambiguity easily through hyperlinks and readers
rapidly filter out bad arguments and ideas. This exposes a more globalized view
to readers as both sides of a topic are argued and advocates and critics debate
publicly, spurring “spontaneous expression for instant thought”.
The balance of character and authority that a blog requires
for respect is what draws Sullivan to blogging. It is a unique form of writing
that becomes an interactive conversation between the writer and the
commentators. Blogging is “rich in personality” and provides a timestamp that
creates a corner of the web that is “as immune to faking as possible”. During
the technological boom in the early 2000s, Sullivan as a freelance writer
needed this raw form of communication to help him develop an “online presence”.
Blogging provides a more globalized view for readers and revives nonfiction writing.
Here is the link to Andrew Sullivan’s article “Why I Blog”
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