Tufuga Media

Its always seemed to be a bit of an oddity to me the way that people comment on blogs, photos, product reviews, and any other site which allows user comments.  In the past, I haven’t been one to comment, and have had to force myself to do so in order to understand it better.  Now that I’m trying to build my blog, I’m trying to encourage more people to comment!  So now the big question: why DO people comment on things?  A journal article I read recently suggested the following reasons based on their research. (more…)

Today in class it dawned on me that some of the greatest, most credible information is relatively unavailable.  Scholars write in journals which are more than likely read only by other scholars who are researching to write about a similar topic.  Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems that most people dont pick up journals to read for  fun.  Obviously, these journals are written to a specific audience for specific reasons, but I wonder if they’ve ever considered whether that audience is correct.  I wonder if they have considered who would benefit most from the message they have to share. (more…)