The Construct

This post is an offshoot to a Plurk I posted to which only Jester was gracious enough to oblige with comments and I’m following it up with this post.

Today’s the day many Filipino bloggers have been waiting for – the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards night. I wish every nominee the best of luck. I do think that the PBA is a great effort in acknowledging the effort and talent that Filipino bloggers poured into their blogs.

Still, I’d like to bring up a key issue regarding this effort. The PBA has so much at stake for one not be critical about it. Every blog nominated and every winner will be elevated to an elite status that virtually raises the credibility and authority of the blog as far as the Pinoy blogosphere is concerned. Whenever we have an institution doing this, we are subscribing to the idea that these awardees, are indeed, the best of what the Philippine blogosphere has to offer.

The important question – How do we decide which blog is “the best”?

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Hmm…

Why have I not thought about it?

Okay. I have graduate with a BA in English Studies: Language from UP focusing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as an attempt to specialization. A few professors thought (I hope they still think) that my undergraduate thesis is one of the best that the department had in years on the topic (I focused on the representations of Fernando Poe Jr. in the editorials of the Philippine Daily Inquirer for the whole of 2004).

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