I chose to asses the blog entry "The Gruesome and Excruciating Practice of Mummifying Your Own Body" using my group's rubric. Since it was one of the few blogs I finally found pertaining to my case study topic, after endless "mummy blog" search queries all coming to fruitlessness or in suburban moms' ramblings.
I found the entry to have many facts about the sokushinbutsu, but to be incredibly biased. The author was also not very consistent in including their resources, direct citations are not necessary but it would be nice to know where they were getting their information from. Several ways in which the post was biased included : in the way it posted about such a sensitive topic, considering it is not just about people mummifying themselves for their own pleasure but a sensitive religious experience, not just for the sokushinbutsu but also Buddhists; one way this issue could have been avoided would have been to talk about the topic by sympathetic to the people living or dead involved in the issue.
Another way the blog entry was biased was by the descriptions of the self mummification process itself. A clear example which can be found on the title; for as factual as the blog can be, this completely ruins it due to pushing the author's opinion of the process onto the reader.This could have been remedied by addressing the topic in a neutral manner and leaving preconceptions behind
Lastly, comparing it to the rubric; another point that jumps out and which could have been useful in making a better blog, is the minimal exclusion of multimedia. The entry has only one picture, and about three other links pertaining to sokushinbutsu.
I found this blog entry to treat the subject of sokushinbutsu in a superficial and biased manner, which does not do justice to the people involved and such an interesting topic.
Another way the blog entry was biased was by the descriptions of the self mummification process itself. A clear example which can be found on the title; for as factual as the blog can be, this completely ruins it due to pushing the author's opinion of the process onto the reader.This could have been remedied by addressing the topic in a neutral manner and leaving preconceptions behind
Lastly, comparing it to the rubric; another point that jumps out and which could have been useful in making a better blog, is the minimal exclusion of multimedia. The entry has only one picture, and about three other links pertaining to sokushinbutsu.
I found this blog entry to treat the subject of sokushinbutsu in a superficial and biased manner, which does not do justice to the people involved and such an interesting topic.
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