Christina Roddy

There's no reason that social media wouldn't be relevant in todays' world.

In an age when so much of our lives revolve around technology, it's inevitable that people in modern societies would use this technology to do the same things they've always done. Communication is a basic human instinct. With access to smart phones and computers at ever corner, people's desire to communicate can be gratified.

People traditionally associate journalism with newspapers, but social media offers a new way for journalism to continue its work. Gratification comes faster and more frequently through social media than with traditional forms: a letter takes far longer to arrive than an email, and picking up a paper takes more effort than clicking an article that appears on your homepage. People of all ages are more likely to rely upon their computer for communication and, by extension, their news intake.

A good blog should be run with either a sense of purpose. Some people blog about current events while there's en entire subset of blogs devoted to reviewing makeup. Some blogs have many writers while some are the work of one person. The subject of the blog often dictates its presentation – a blog reporting seriously on current events should take a different tone (and sense of professionalism) than one that focuses on reviewing makeup. A good blogger, above all, identifies his audience and delivers according to its expectations.

If I were to write a blog, I would begin with something that I'm both passionate and knowledgable about. If you have nothing to offer on a topic, there's no point in writing about it – why should people be interested in what you have to say?