Hw:22 Applying Graff Chap. 10 to Drezner&Farrells, “Web of Influence”
After reading “Web of Influence” the foreign policy article by Daniel Drezner and Henry Farrell on p. 85 I found it very interesting to hear what they had to say on whethere or not blogoshphere influences global politics as well as political scandals at the bottom of page 85 (last paragraph). According to them, “Compared to other actors in world affairs–govornments, international organizations, multinational organizations, and even non govornmental organizations- blogs do not appear to be very powerful or visiable. ” and “According to the 2003 Pew Research Center for the people and the press internet survey, only 4 percent of online Americans refer to blogs for information and opinions.”
I really can relate to what they are saying, becuase often most people dont refer to blogs unless you happed to be really interested in a certain topic of conversation. The statistics that have been calculated I feel are very accurate. Before this class I wouldnt be able to tell you the last time I researched or read a blog aside from a social networking group. This alone shows that blogging isnt very powerful when it comes to politics, and I agree that it isnt as affective and dosent have a huge impact on global politics.
“They Say/I Say”
Essentially, I am arguing that the information provided in “Web of Influence” the foreign policy article by Daniel Drezner and Henry Farrell on p. 85, they are stating that blogosphere dosent have an impact on global politics. In other words. What this is saying is that their isnt enough people statistically that follow up and use blogs as a daily follow up. Statistically only 4 percent of Americans use blogging.
