By Tanner Fred
When reading through the blog of University of Texas student Eric Lee's blog, there are a lot of things that I learned when comparing to a scholarly written article or journal. Even if a blog is considered to be delivered in a serious matter, it is very difficult to deliver a blog in a professional manner that would be used by professionals. When professionals deliver their findings or the information that they have, it is mostly used in an article of some sort, an essay, or a journal.
The reason that the article version, written by professionals in the field, is more reliable and trusted is because these people have experience in the field and have more extensive knowledge of the information in the field. Although the writer of the blog, in this case Mr. Lee, may be quite knowledgeable on the subject, it is not comparable to somebody with years of professional experience. The audience of the two posts are also quite different though due to the method of delivery. The audience of the blog post by the student would be directed more at other college students, as well as possibly high school students that are considering entering the field. Meanwhile, an article written by a professional would most likely be to publish their work and therefore would be written for other professionals in their field. When reading through a blog we learn how the field is viewed from the perspective of somebody who has an outside view of the field, while with the article we have a much more professionally written perspective view from somebody in the field.
Click here to see Eric Lee's blog.
Click here to see the professionally written article.
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