There are definitely differences between MySpace and Facebook blogs and the rhetorical analysis on David Friedman’s blog. On MySpace and Facebook, the blogs for the most part are used as a way of people expressing themselves and not towards discussing issues. Another difference is how the TRACE system of writing is placed into these two different forms of communication. David Friedman’s blog is directed towards different audiences and is more formal than the other two websites. Also, it is a controversial blog which allows for open discussion and is not much of a personal blog. Even though MySpace and Facebook can be used to talk about important topics they are generally used as more or less “journals”. People tend to use them in different writing styles such as songs, poems, letters, diaries, etc.
There are not many similarities between blogs and MySpace and Facebook. As previously stated, they can both be used to post opinions on any issue, people can read them, and can agree or disagree. If someone on MySpace or Facebook was to write a blog they probably would not use the TRACE system as well as David Friedman.
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Megan, this response to the differences of social networking and freidman's blog was very repetitive. Though a common flaw of my own, your repetition hindered the format of the text and, unfortunately, left the reader with little understanding of your opinions and their substantiations. Is substantiations even a word?
I agree with what you said. I had a really hard time finding anything that even resembled an "important topic" on myspace and facebook
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