Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog

The use of blogs are popping up left and right and it seems with every new blogs come new agenda.  Over the course of history a lot of documentations have come from chronological orders which is something that blogs have. The timeline and chronological orders have been around since the beginning of recorded history.  I think this timeline fashion can be used over time.  The other use that has been used in history is the use of personal encounters, letters, and diaries.  These use have shown a much more dramatic and personal approach.  Certain blogs are taking that approach and can be seen as the same written paper diaries from the past. 

The issue determining the level of authority is a massive one.  Like I stated above anyone can start their own blog at all time.  And in the Introduction of the textbook, Rosenzweig's even talks about the fact that a google search saw an amateur historian was given more merit then Pulitzer-Prize winning.  This is the same thing that most of my high school students would say.  So determining how to determine authority is a big concern of mine.