Info about Online Diaries
The Difference Between Online Journals and Diaries
Sometimes the words blog, journal, and diary are interchanged because they basically have the same meaning. Most people think of a diary as a locked book used to record your feelings and thoughts and keep them private. Journals generally have recorded entries which usually are not as private, but they can be as private as you wish. Blogs are used to share information with the public about your thoughts regarding certain topics. The blogs have grown popular enough that companies are even keeping people updated on the changes in the company or industry through them. However, each blog is different and original and can serve many different uses. Some people may even use all three.
The diary is the most personal. They are often written in chronological date and have a place for recording what has happened on that day. Many people who keep a diary think of it as a personal friend that can be trusted with all of their confessions. Anne Frank’s famous diary was named Kitty. She began all of the entries, as if she is telling all of her secrets to a best friend, with “Dear Kitty”. When a writer gives a name to the diary, it has an effect psychologically as making the writer feel that somebody is listening to all of her private feelings and secrets.
The term diary comes from diarium, the Latin word which means daily allowance. Diaries usually focus on daily events and the thoughts about them. A journal is not necessarily written in daily. The diaries that have a page for every day are very popular with young girls who often receive them as gifts. Diaries date back for centuries, and Samuel Pepys created the popular personal diary. Previously, a diary had been used more to make business notations. There have been several diaries that have been released as books for publication. These diaries give a lot of knowledge and insight into history in all areas worldwide.
A journal bears some similarities to a diary. Life events can be recorded in a journal but journals are not normally written in on a daily basis. There are different kinds of journals people like to keep. Travel journals are used to record various trips that a person makes. Workout journals keep a record of the kind of workouts you do, how long you workout and what your thought are about it.
Journals are very popular in elementary and middle schools. It is very common for teachers to give students prompts for them to write about. The students will expand on the prompts and share the with the teacher and sometimes with the class. Journals are an excellent way to get students to use critical thinking and record their thoughts on paper.
A blog is the newest kind of journal or diary. It is digital an kept online and they are frequently called personal blogs. Daily experiences or social commentaries can be documented on a blog. Many people stay in contact with family and friends by using a blog, and share thoughts about certain topics with them. You can choose to have your blog be kept private or it can be shared with the everyone. You can even allow people to make personal comments on your blog. Some thoughts recorded in blogs are kind while others can be blunt and too the point.