Blogging: An effective form of media?

Many different forms of media exist at present. This is due to the fact that the world and its technologies are evolving at a rate that leaves even the brightest of people lingering in the dust, without a clue as to what is supposed to happen next... A few decades ago if you wished to contact someone, the best form of doing so was by writing a letter and waiting days if not weeks for a reply. Although writing is still rife it is done so in a different and significantly faster form- electronically. The birth of the internet has made possible the ability to send mail at the click of a button. One form of media that has arisen from this communicative revolution is blogging. Now, nothing in this world has just positives or negatives. In order for yin and yang to live in harmony it is necessary for a balance to be struck between both the matters in life that are negative as well as positive. Blogging is no different. Let's start with the positive. Blogging is a fast and effective means of communicating on social networks(for those people whose eyes have shape shifted into a form resembling that of a computer screen) no matter the motivation for doing so. For some it is a platform to meet new people, for others it may serve as a place of relaxation where they can allow their fingers to say what they're mouths cannot or will not, while enjoying no censorship and total anonimity or it may even be a way in which to keep in touch with those loved and lost, thousands of kilometres away. The negatives? Stalkers! I'm joking (but it's feasible). Tecnological mishaps or shortcomings cause those of us with too little patience to lose faith in what is supposed to be a speedy form of communicating. Furthermore the accessibility of internet in this global world is not in the least as accesible to all people as one would think... The reasons for this vary. Therefore I am ambiguious in my feelings towards blogging as an effective form of media. My hope is that this uncertainty will have disappeared by the end of this course, no matter the conclusion I will have drawn.