I believe that language and behavior dictate each other.
This stems from reading a good deal of Suzette Haden Elgin, who suggests that a language is a reflection of the behaviors, values, and ethics of the society using it.
Thinking of blogging could be considered (in my mind) as a sort of meta-language. Internally, you're considering how to express what's happening to you.
It seems to me inevitable that at some point, in the course of considering how one would blog an experience, one would also consider the reaction that such a blogging would bring. This in turn might well lead to the consideration of alternate courses of action if the original intention would bring a negative reaction from the blog's readershop.
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Date: 2009-04-23 02:23 am (UTC)This stems from reading a good deal of Suzette Haden Elgin, who suggests that a language is a reflection of the behaviors, values, and ethics of the society using it.
Thinking of blogging could be considered (in my mind) as a sort of meta-language. Internally, you're considering how to express what's happening to you.
It seems to me inevitable that at some point, in the course of considering how one would blog an experience, one would also consider the reaction that such a blogging would bring. This in turn might well lead to the consideration of alternate courses of action if the original intention would bring a negative reaction from the blog's readershop.
Think of it as e-peer pressure.
In other worse, blogging