Hw. 19 Pg 86 The Influence on Weblogs

Hw 19 Pg 86
What this paragraph on pg 86 of Kline and Burnsteins Web of Influence really means is weblogs is very important because it explains how if a weblog focuses on a topic that is ignored or not talked about as it should be, blogs can bring this back. In other words when people see the blogs and realize how important certain topics are the main stream media will concentrate more on the topic because they need to. This is basically what the paragraph explains. It also talks about how blogs talk about national debates for example, racial profiling at airports and keeping the media focused on scandals that probably would have not been talked about if it wasn’t for bloggers finding this information important and taking the initiative to write about it. This paragraph also talks about how blogs are filled with teenagers which is great because this shows that people of all different ages can speak their opinions. Many teenage kids have great ideas but no policymaker would ever make the effort to hear them out. Blogs do just this; give many people the chance to influence policymaker’s decisions which is great for our country.