The Blog vs The Wiki

Blogs and wikis: two forms of communication born and used under the same realm, yet so different in how they are utilized. A blog is usually defined as an online journal, a virtual spot for an individual to share their experiences via the Internet. These experiences range from the minutia of details of someone's day or a expert opinion, review, or criticism on a particular subject or item. Blogs are seen as personal, individual, unique to the person who creates and maintains it. Wikis, on the other hand, are created specifically to inform the reader about a particular subject in an encyclopedic fashion. Individual wikis may have many authors, most of them anonymous, some that are registered users, and even fewer who have expert or significantly plausible knowledge about the subject at hand. This put the entire wiki site's content at risk for being false or vandalized. Wikipedia is the pinnacle of this type of utilization, garnering its international popularity and success by providing access to detailed information on an accessible platform. However, despite Wikipedia's success there has been much controversy to the veracity of Wikipedia, particularly because of the open-edit system.