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WhenimportanteventsarehappeningaroundtheworldmostpeopleturntotraditionalmediasourcessuchasCNNandBBCforthenews．HoweverduringthewarinIraqin2003manypeoplefollowedthewarfromthepointofviewofanunknownIraqicitizenwhocalledhimself“SalamPax”．(SalamPaxmeanspeace)

SalamPaxwroteadiaryabouteverydaylifeinBaghdadduringthewarandposteditonhiswebsite．Pax’sonlinediarywasakindofwebsiteknownasa“blog”．Blogsareonlinediariesusuallykeptbyindividualsbutsometimesbycompaniesandothergroupsofpeople．TheyarethefastestgrowingtypesofwebsiteontheInternet．

Ablogdiffersfromatraditionalwebsiteinseveralways．Mostimportantlyitisupdatedmuchmoreregularly．Manyblogsareupdatedeverydayandsomeareupdatedseveraltimesaday．Alsomostblogsusespecialsoftwareorwebsiteswhichcanhelpordinarypeopleeasilysetupandstartwritingtheirownblogs．

Therearemanydifferentkindsofblogs．ThemostpopulartypeisanonlinediaryoflinkswheretheblogwritersurfstheInternetandthenpostslinkstositesornewsarticlesthattheyfindinterestingwithafewcommentsabouteachone．Othertypesarepersonaldiarieswherethewritertalksabouttheirlifeandfeelings．Sometimestheseblogscanbeverypersonal．

Thereisanotherkindofbloggingcalled“moblogging”shortfor“mobileblogging”．

MobloggersusemobilephoneswithcamerastotakephotoswhicharepostedinstantlytotheInternet．TheuseofmobilephonesinthiswaymadetheheadlinesinSingaporewhenahighschoolstudentpostedamoviehehadtakenofateachershoutingatanotherstudentontheInternet．Manypeoplewereshockedbywhatthestudentdidandwantedphoneswithcamerastobebannedfromschools．

ManypeoplethinkthatasblogsbecomecommonnewsreportingwillrelylessonbigmediacompaniesandmoreonordinarypeoplepostingnewstotheInternet．Theythinkthatthenthenewswillbelesslikealectureandmorelikeaconversationwhereanyonecanjoinin．

49．WhichstatementaboutSalamPaxwastrue?

A．HeworkedforCNN．

B．SalamPaxwasnothisrealname

C．HewasfamousasahostinBBC

D．Heusedamobilephoneforhisblog

50．Whatisthebiggestd