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Blogging serves the same purposes as traditional media. - but: blogs target specific audiences, not the general public
 - but: magazines also target specific audiences
- but: Blogging offers a platform for people to share information, to express emotions and release pressure. However traditional media has no such function.
 - but: blogs are more driven by personal interests and concerns
- because: most of the blogs posted is intended to express the author's own feelings but not to communicate with others
- because: they are not motivated by profit alone
- because: they both contain ads of one form or another
- but: the bottom line of blogging is not about making money (www.bloggersblog.com)
- but: Some websites may offer the function of blogging to attract peole then they can advertise to make money.
- because: it's about freedom of expression
- because: personal endorsements on blogs are like print ads
- because: they both report on the news
- but: commentaries on blogs are not entirely objective
- but: commentaries in the traditional media are not entirely objective
- because: example: newpapers may have political bias
- because: they are colored by personal experiences
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