Blogs enable individuals to not only learn about things, but also to participate in them--to ask questions, and discuss with other readers via comments or related blogs. For instance, some news blogs utilize their readers as fact checkers for the news postings in the blog. The final result is a collaboration that defies the one-way communication model of journalist/reader, utilized in newspapers and magazines. They also enable individuals to share information with others using many different forms of media. In addition to text, a "blogger" can include photos as well as imbed videos and audio recordings.
A blog becomes only what the author wants it to become. Blog sites, like blogger, the one I am currently using, enable users to control what readers see and what readers can do. Blogger gives me that control. This is just one example of the control that blogger gives me. I have also decided to change some of the settings to better represent myself. Because I am an American, I have set the language to (United States) English. I have also changed the date format to display the month before the day. Blogs are generally organized showing the latest post at the top of the previous posts, with a link to archive of all of the posts somewhere on the webpage. This setup allows regular readers of a blog to stay up to date with the blog without having to sift through a lot of old entries.
