Weblog Reflection: What I think about it, and why I did what I did.

In my blog I did not use it to prove any specific point, or use it to express myself. Rather, I wanted my blog to be a way for people to get to know me. I mainly used written rhetoric to do this. However, I used a lot of visual rhetoric because of the photographs in many of my posts. Some of the pictures I posted in my blog are ones that triggered some specific thoughts that I wanted to share, went along with the subject of a certain post, or pictured what a specific post was describing. I only had a limited amount of audio rhetoric that was in the form of videos. One of my gadgets was a cluster of videos from one of my favorite comedians, Brad Stine. I put this up because it shows some of the videos that I frequent on YouTube, and enjoy watching. Also, I have a list of links in which two are links to a commercial that I love, and Barack Obama’s inauguration speech. I linked these two videos because I would watch them more than once. As far as electronic strategies go, I used the Internet to post my blog link on my Facebook profile page as well as a mode for friends to get to know me better and keep current on what was going on with me.

Each of the written, audio, visual, and electronic strategies I used to represent the message of my blog were effective. If I were to rate which method of rhetoric was the most effective I would have to say written. By using written rhetoric the most, the viewers of my blog can really get a taste of who I am as a person as well as my weak and strong points in my writing. My use of audio rhetoric could have been more effective if I had used it more often. However, I do enjoy motion pictures, I feel that they are replacing writing. Therefore, I find myself leaning away from posting videos. At the same time, I could have found some videos that aroused thoughts worth sharing like many of the pictures I posted.

My blog is ultimately informative. This is because used my blog as a way for others to discover who I am as a person. There were a few posts that I wrote about my views on certain subjects, for example when I discussed the depletion in the population of Polar bears. Although, this presents my personal view, along with other posts, is only informing others about what I think about. Also, many posts are telling stories about my horses and why I love them. I do not interpret any of my posts as being persuasive in any way.

When I look back on my blog, I can see that it is portraying my identity fairly accurately. A majority of my posts describe horses and I personally cannot be described if horses are not described. I do recall at times I changed or edited posts because they 9were too personal for a weblog. This is because, a weblog is a good way to express identity, but at the same time it is out there for everyone to see. No person wants everyone to know everything about him or her; therefore, certain things should not be posted on the Internet. Overall, I do think my blog portrays my identity, the same one that can be observed in person, quite well. Mass media did not change what I would have told a person in a face-to-face conversation.