The Blog: The new rage in the cyber-world. Yet very different, the blog has some similarities to its cousin, the infamous "Paper". The advantages of the blog, though, are of course, being connected to the World Wide Web. You also get the advantages of design, color and followers. But with a paper, you get the advantages of your work seeming more formal. And maybe even more academic. Which can sometimes be good. So as you can see there are some similarities, yet mostly differences. blogging is also more public than traditional writing of course because it is on the Internet. Blogging can also be more academic in the way that many other people can see your opinions and comment. This can help you improve academically.
There are many advantages that come with public writing. For example, its public! There are also disadvantages. For example, its public! Which means everyone can see it, even if you don't want them to. Writing for the is also different than writing for the secludedness of secludedness. Everyone can see public writing so it might effect the way you write it. You would be worried about who can see it, and what they think so you might not write completely truthfully.