After a year long hiatus I have decided that I have separated myself from the blog world for too long. Blogs are a way of keeping in touch with friends, keeping informed about current events and sharing ideas that range from discussion of the Buddha's diet to debating who our next president should be.Last year, while studying at the University of St. Andrews in the UK, I blogged to share my personal experiences with my friends and family back home. Here is my old blog: http://austinsscottishblog.blogspot.com/.
Recently, I just confirmed that I’m going to Beijing, China this summer from June 19 - August 26th and I’d like to use the opportunity to jump back on the blog-train. Since the Olympics will be in Beijing, I’m hoping to use this blog to discuss political issues, explore the bounds of Chinese censorship and share my personal perspective and individual experience in Beijing. In summary, here’s a checklist of what I’m hoping to achieve with this blog.
Four reasons why I’m blogging:
1) Keep in touch …with high school friends, college friends, extended family, professors, people that I meet quickly but never see again.
2) Become an amateur journalist in China. “Blogging journalists” advocate that the combination of many individuals’ perspective of an event is just as justified as the formal media as a whole. Either way free-lance journalists are definitely an important alternative and counter-balance to mass media.
3) Case Study. I want to use this blog to test the efficiency of censorship in China – will this webpage maybe get shut down? Will it be inaccessible in China, but accessible to American viewers? Could be interesting…
4) Enrich my mind. Learn from new perspectives. Read about interesting people. Keep informed.
Upcoming Blog Posts
Riots in London, Paris and San Francisco
“Cleaning up your online image”
Prepping for Beijing
My schedule in the fall
Friday, April 11, 2008
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