Blogging (web logging) is often compared to another kind of logging: diary writing. Both present some disclosed information from or about the writer based on time. Diaries are typically in chronological order, where blogs are typically in reverse-chronological order. Blogging and diary writing both give the writer a sense of psychological empowerment. Diary writing has often been described as giving the writer a sense of agency, which is an individual’s sense of control over their own self and actions. Blogging however has been described as giving the writer a sense of community which contrastingly is a sense of influence over one’s peers (Marken, 31).
