Reflection

Blogging as a form of media has to be taken seriously because as you publish any publication on the internet, the entire world can axcess to it. Blogging can be a powerful tool, depends on one's intention, it can creates wonderful greatness as well as massive damages.

• 'The Internet is a multimodal environment with plenty of modes' (Kress and van Leeuwen 1998)
• 'Every mode has its own affordance due to the modes' special features' (Schriver 1997)
• 'Context of culture is necessary for a text to be fully understood' (Hallidays 1985)

Users should apprieciate the invention of this technology and take this tool as a pathway to better mankind.
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