Analysis Never Ends

This post is going to wrap up the posts posted so far. From the previous posts, we examined the importance of layouts, the use of language and collaboration on the Internet.

For layouts, you have to realize that a specific use of layouts – such as center-margin – can represent the importance of the contents. The larger the space is given to the content, the more important it is. That’s why my blog posts, undoubtedly, are taking the most amount of space on this website.

As for the use of language, we, especially teenagers, now tend to write in the virtual word using informal language. For English learners, in my opinion, they may get used to using informal tone when writing. This may therefore pose an adverse effect on their language learning. One should hence pay heed to the correct grammar when writing something formal.

When it comes to collaboration, we should know that we can always find someone who shares the same interest. This is something that cannot be done in the past. For example, if you are a movie lover, you can definitely ‘bump into’ someone who is also passionate towards movies on Facebook. This is what I love about the Internet as well.

Last but not least, interaction is of utmost importance for a blog. For my blog post entitled ‘My Digital Life’ (http://enchunwlau6.blogspot.hk/2012/09/my-digital-life.html), I made use of different techniques to achieve the goal to interact. Asking questions is one of the ways to interact with your readers. A very simple question like ‘right?’ could already do. This is only to make your readers reflect on things that you say. Another way to draw attention would be using ‘you’. This you-approach could allow your viewers feel like you are really talking to them. (So am I using the you-approach effectively?) When you want to illustrate something better, putting up some pictures would also be a good choice. Pictures can definitely help your audience understand better. Maybe you should try using these methods when writing your blog next time?

Yet, for sure, my journey looking into the utilization of social media writing won’t end here. From now on, whenever I look at anything on the Net, I would probably analyze how a person makes use of his or her website to convey the message. So, you may also want to follow suit because it is fun to know how others make good (or bad?) use of the Internet.