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     If there is one way to reach out and connect with people, it's definitely food. Everyone knows what food is, can relate to it, and can even put their own spin to it. This particular blog focus on the cooking and dining of different restaurants and foods located around Buford Highway. The blogger uses a wide variety of visual images that appeal to viewer's eyes. 

    At first glance of the blog, one would think that the focus of this blog is to show the different restaurants in the Buford Highway area to the viewer, but take a second look. The individual is using the blog to reveal the culture in that area. They do an amazing job expressing the culture by introducing the foods from different cultures. By addressing the culture of that community using the different foods, the viewers gets a sense of the diversity in the community. 

    Seeing how the author's goal is to connect with the viewer, the tone is not that professional and serious. By employing pictures of various appetizing meals, it seems as if the author is using a "people friendly" inviting tone. This is important because if their goal is to express and share the culture of their community, reaching out to the viewers in a people friendly way in order to connect with them is the best idea. 

    Others may look at this blog and just see eye pleasing images, but others will look at this blog and become curious in the food and culture in that area or community. That is the blogger goal. To catch the readers attention and give them a reason to come over to Buford Highway and try the food. The blogger is compelled to write about the community because they feel they have something special (in this case food expressing culture) that they can share with others. It could also be looked at as "showing off." 'Buford Hwy has great restaurants with great food! Come and check it out!' Sure the author could have said that but that does not really give the viewer a reason to actually want to go 'check it out.' 

    It's the old 'pictures speak louder than words.' In this case pictures of great food from many places reveal a variety of ethnic groups and their cultures & they want others to join in the experience. Go ahead and click the link and tell me that you wouldn't be compelled to write a blog if you lived in a community with food like that and a rich diverse community. 

Jaron & Abhishek what do you guys think? Do you think author is trying to express the culture or just plain bragging about their food?!

-Obiandu

A hardworking blog for a worthy traditional neighborhood.

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     inDECATUR is an Atlanta blog revolving around the traditional community Decatur, GA. The weblog is constantly updated, averaging at over six posts a day. The author desires to inform readers of approaching occurrences in Decatur and to convince them of how lively and exciting a traditional neighborhood is. By maintaining his site, the blogger grants a stronger sense of togetherness with his neighborhood and allows this sense to permeate to his audience. By keeping his blog strong he is making his community stronger. Topics covered include upcoming events and interesting news relating to the town.

    Events range widely from fashion shows to cookie-giveaway concerts. The details are presented clearly and objectively, with many pictures of posters or the events themselves. News updates contain credible links to the sources with screen shots; the weather and headline feeds are refreshed continually. Plus, the site possesses links to other informative pages such as local restaurants, stores, and law enforcement. The overall look of the blog is astounding and very neat.

     Before reading the blog, I had very little knowledge of any at all of Decatur, GA. Now, I still do not know much about the city but I have gained insight into the fruitful community residing there.

-Jaron Gao