23 March 2005

The wonders of a simple blog

Talking with my mother last night, we began discussing blogs. What makes a blog interesting to read? You read about the popular ones in the paper. One woman was asked to turn her life story (which she kept torrid details in) into a book. A man has begun a blog to post people's secrets on. What makes these interesting to us as humans? My first reaction is sensationalism. We love to voyer into other peoples lives (I'm not any better, I love to read the secrets at postsecret.blogspot.com). I wonder, though, if it is that at all. Or are we all just happier knowing that we are not the only one. Happier sharing in someone elses experiences because we realize that the image portrayed on the television or in the magazines, although not like us, is not like everyone else. Instead, we are like everyone else. We have lives that we live. We have friends, enemies, relationships that sometimes go sour. We just need to be reminded that we are all right, really.

1 comment:

Jana said...

When I was in college in the '70s, I took a mass communications class for which I had to analyse Soap Operas. I spent three weeks watching All My Children and was hooked. My perspective is that we like those voyeristic shows(Sex in the City, reality TV, etc.) because we want to know that someone out there has it more interesting, far worse, or maybe just wierder than we do.

Maybe the personal blog thing is the same. I also wonder how much of these "diary" blogs are even true? Hmmmm.

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