After reading the article “How the Web Polarized Politics” it was obvious that politicians didn’t agree with blogging. The politicians felt this way because they didn’t want to be questioned or interrogated by society. The article explained the politician’s point of view and why they didn’t like to blog. I felt that there were many points missing in the article, for example what the average person thinks about blogs in politics. Another point that the article failed to mention was how blogging could affect the outcomes of elections, and how they could also cause information overload to the reader.
I also read a very interesting article in the SmartMoney magazine titled “ten things blogger won’t tell you.” Once I read both these articles I was able to draw out some conclusions why people would not feel comfortable reading blogs from politicians.
Most people that get paid to write blogs for their company are most likely to brag about their company’s product or in this case taking one side of a political party, which could cause the writer bias. People get hired to write blogs and sometimes these people use this opportunity to boost their own carriers.
People that read blogs don’t know for sure who actually wrote the blog. If the name is shown on the blog does it mean that he/she wrote it. Some random writers could create a blog and give out the wrong information to the reader causing the reader to be even more confused with the overloaded information.
3 comments:
Yes, as you pointed out, the article does not deal with some points. However it looks that using blogs for politics has just started lately. Therefore it may be difficult to judge how much influences on political field such as elections(Maybe we will know it after the election next year.) What do you think about this?
I would agree. The real results of political blogs will not be known for a while. It is possible that politicians start using blogs more effectively and it will help their race results but it is possible that they also shy away in favor of pushing their methods through other channels. Only time will tell.
I agree. Though the blogging in many fields are becoming more and more popular, there are probably older audiences who would question the blogging and politics. I think, blogging is the great way to target younger audiences but it still lacks of credibility.
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