Monday, February 16, 2009

Analysis of a Blog


It is interesting how someone can reject society, but with that rejection still takes the time to participate fully with it. Analyzing this blog was an interesting task; I was drawn to it because of the tags on it. The blog was in the “Gothic” section and she deemed herself a pagan and a practicing witch. A highly creative front that never the less had nothing to do with the blog

The blog defiantly has a downside in that its placement was in the wrong category on the main site. The self proclaimed “Gothic” blog turned out to be mainly about environmental issues and shopping. The blog drew my attention, because I thought it would have dark connotations. The author in this case used false placement and a false headline to draw more views. Though she said she was a practicing witch there fails to be a reference to any such practice in her posts.

The intended reader of the audience should be those searchers of a darker or gothic background. Since the posts are all uplifting and high spirited she alienates the intended audience of the blogs placement. The readers visiting the blog are probably interested in her lifestyle. Again the headline misleads them into believing that she might live off of nature but it turns out her and her husband live a nice life both with hard working jobs.

The blog is organized into more of a diary/ranting. There is no particular order of timeline into which the posts are made, but the author does keep them up regularly. Her style is to write about things that the reader should avoid, rants about her latest shopping expedition, and even takes time to analyze a new product she has tried. The most interesting posts are her call to action posts. She takes the time when an injustice has occurred to inform her readers that they must take action.

The blog lacks and overall strong message, but it does have a underlying one. She gives a reassuring tone to her posts. All of them are situations that many other people have or will come across. She makes it an effort to show good judgment when making them, but also offer advice on what to do in the same situation. In essences she has become the voice of the readers conscious. Which is what a good blog should do, provide the reader with some kind of feedback that they can take into their everyday life.

The author of this blog may have a good message, but it is hidden deep within the unorganized posts. If she had taken the time to create several blogs chronicling the different aspects of her life she would have been more effective. To this end she has created a new touch and maybe has reached out to the subscribers she tricked into viewing the blog.


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9 comments:

  1. Hmm... Interesting. Weird category to put an environmental blog into.

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  2. i like how you take a double stand on this blog. You talk about the good the author had and the bad that the author of the blog could have worked on.

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  3. I think this analysis is very good. I think you showed a good point to letting people know lots of titles are misleading. Although, many of the blogs you say are not in order, you did seem to put them together well.

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  4. I am interested in reading more on this blog. Your opening drew me in, so that was very well done. Also, I like how you organized everything in your over all blog. The imgages are a nice touch.

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  5. It was good that you found a blog that was miss leading, but to bad it was not what you were hoping it was suppose to be. You have pointed out a lot about the author on how she does on have a strong message, and that her blogs does not have a you date on posting. it is interesting though about how she post about injustice when it seems from what you say that most of the blogs are uplifting and high spirtied. In the end it was good though.

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  6. I actually looked at this blog too, although upon seeing that the titles were misleading immediately picked a different blog. I like that you stuck with this blog and didn't pick a new one because the message wasn't strong enough or because it was misleading, but instead used it's downfalls to create a good analysis.

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  7. people want to be accepted no matter what they say. somehow they are looking for the acceptance of some group or person.

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  8. I really enjoyed reading this. I like your writing style.....very well organized and to the point :)

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  9. I think you did a very good job analyzing this blog. For me the topic was weird and definitely in the wrong catagory. Good job though!

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