Political Blogs

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the phenomenon of individuals being able to spend very little to own their own personal web space. Specifically, the paper discusses the term, 'weblog' or 'blogging.' It describes the history and development of blogging, as well as the different types of blogs that exist. The paper then focuses on political blogs and their advantages.

From the Paper:

"All that's left is for the rest of the political machine to catch up with the blogging phenomenon. While a number of candidates and both parties have attempted to catch the weblog wagon by initiating blogs of their own, further steps have to be taken. Once elected officials begin to realize that citizens are accepting weblogs as legitimate sources of truthful and factual information, the message will be sent that they can no longer rely on the popular media spin to hide their antics, but must be held accountable for what is done. Further, should they adapt to the revolution caused by the modern weblog, a new era of transparency ought to be ushered into government. For too long, politicians have assumed that the general voting public was uninformed of major issues and charged themselves with the job of making decisions without public consent."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Blogger. 14 June 2006 <http://www.blogger.com>.
• "Blogging: Changing Media." Journal of Web Librarianship (2006).
• "Blogs as Legitimate Media." First Monday (2006).
• Blood, Rebecca. We'Ve Got Blog: How Weblogs are Changing Our Culture. Perseus Books Group, 2002.
• Gillmore, Dan. We the Media. O'Reilly Media Inc., 2004.

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