For my three mediums of publication, I chose to look at Twitter "tweets," text messages, and blog posts. You will notice that my three selections are all within the digital medium. I wanted to compare these three mediums without having to take into account the differences between the print and digital (which could be its own post).
Twitter is the shortest, most open, and one of the most popular forms of communication. It's all about the conversation with other tweeple.
TXTs R soo popular (specally with tweens! lulz). TXTers have thur own language. less conventinal then blogs. ppl change da way they say things. ttyl my bffs.
Blog posts are the most conventional and arguably closest relative to print media. Blogs are often written in a more formal manner than "tweets" or texts. Because blogs are targeted to a more specific audience than "tweets," authors can often take more liberties in what they write. There are no limits on the length of blogs, but the often are around 250-500 words as people's attention spans are far less than the readers of print media.
These examples are only several types of mediums for publication. As you can see by the way each is written, each medium has a unique way of presenting and communicating information. These mediums will continue to change as the authors and readers of information continue to transition from print to digital.
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