After reading David Kline’s toward a more Participatory Democracy I would have to say the main parts were that blogs haven’t really helped out political views in a big way and man by the name of Frank Barnako said that “ No one reads Blogs” that political bloggers have had little affect on the affect of American political life. Another opinion in David’s reading was that political blogs have become a vital source of news and opinions for many Americans and an alternate source rather then newspapers and television. Many people assume that today’s political blogs are bringing an end to the unchallenged authority of the traditional media to set the political agenda. This could have big affects to the chapter of our democracy. Blogs have also had a tendency to cause problems as someone said that the Democrat’s biggest mistake was treating their blog like an ATM machine. It was said that “They only asked, what do we do to raise money? But what they should have asked, was what do we do to mobilize volunteers?”(Page20) Another response to Blogs was that they are a flawed and problematic medium. They encourage polarization and extremism rather than debate and understanding. (Page21) Those were one of then main concepts involved in David’s reading involving Blogs and political views. In my response to David Kline’s reading I found it very interesting the different sides that people had about Blogs and weather they help get political views out there. A lot of people believe that Blogs are pointless and people don’t bother reading them while others say they are replacing the newspapers and televisions people watch. In my opinion I think that they let you in on what other people have to say but you cant always trust what you read because the next person that might respond to a blog might have a totally different view on a certain issue. So in a way its up to anyone whether they want to Blog and get their own opinion out there or just read what people write and trust them on their opinion.

In response to Dan Burstein’s writing I chose to write about topic eight. Dan said, “ Blogging is not inherently liberal or conservative, Right or Left. I agree with this because you can’t say that one group would blog more than another. Blogging is a way to express your own opinion and talk with other people who share the same values as you. With this coming election there are many sites where you can see each sides opinion on different issues. There is no right or wrong to either side they have the right to agree or disagree with a certain candidate and what they think on different issues like health care and how to help or environment. This upcoming election is huge because it could change America a lot with either the first black president or the first women president so people’s opinions on both sides are very different, many people blog about weather they think that America is ready for with a black or female president yet. So I think that Dan’s thinking about Blogs is right on the dot.

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