Are political blogs a productive means of sharing information, or simply a convenient opportunity for individuals to vent their frustrations? Do they benefit the public? Do they benefit the writer? Are they good for the world of news media? Are they good for the literary world?
I think that political blog are more for venting frustration. Unless your blog is widely read by millions, it is more for the writer than the reader. However, political blogs can be thought-provoking for the reader. I don't think a blog is enough for someone to change their political viewpoints, but they can cause the readers to consider another option or think about an issue if a different way. I feel that blogs can be good for the literary world. There are no real restrictions on wha someone can write on a blog post. For example, a political news commentator has to make sure that what he talks about is clean for tv and not against his television network. With a blog, a person can write whatever they feel or believe and not be told that they are wrong. It really allows readers to see an entire spectrum of beliefs from millions of different people. I can find blogs tha support, hate, and don't really care about our president. If you're ever curious about another political viewpoint, you can find political blogs that will show their side. Also, if you're interested on what people on your side of the political spectrum have to say, you can read blog posts from them. Overall, the political blogs are great to encourage discussion and deep thought. However, I do not believe that they can completely change ones viewpoints and beliefs in the world of politics.
ReplyDeleteI think political blogs are a convenient way to vent frustrations, but they can often be an adequate way of conveying information. While the level of professionalism and knowledge vary from blogger to blogger, ther are often standouts who really understand politics an know what they'e talking about. I think these blogs can be helpful to news media, but so can the blogs that are written by those who don't reslly understand their opinions. These blogs especially give a better idea to other writers and journalists as to what needs to be made more clear in the news. While blogs may not always be completely accurate, they can be helpful to understand key points from a different point of view than what can be found from news congolmerates. I don't really believe that political blogs have an impact on the literary world, because when I think of literature, I think of published books and magazines. These mediums are almost always written by people who have been educated in their frield, and their drafts have been edited through and through by someone else. I think there's a big gap between literature and political blogging. Though some sites are highly credible, I still trust the news more, and I would not go to a political blog as a first resort to try to understand politics.
ReplyDeleteI think political blogs are useful but not necissarily a productive means of sharing information. Blogs in general can be very hard to find and usually you only see what's recent. And since there isn't avset time when bloggers should blog, you can find a blog that has great information on it, but it hasn't been touched since the 2004 election. I think political blogs, more so then other blogs, allow for people to vent their frustrations and regularly excersice the 1st amendment. Because everyone can make a blog now, it is rare for some blogs to reach a large fan base. It is thing one have your opinions out and about, floating in cyberspace, but does it mean that everyone will see it? Does it mean that your opinions intrigue enough people that your words can change things? Maybe, but likely not. So at the end of the day, political blogs I think tend to cause clutter in more ways then one, but if you are really interested in hearing people's opions, they can be a unique way to hear what all walks of life have to say about what ever may be going on and you may find things you may never have thought of.
ReplyDeleteI think that whether a blog is a productive means of information depends on how it is used. A lot of blogs are used as a just a way for teenagers to vent. I don't think this is a good use of a blog for the most part. Some of these types of blogs like tumblr are fun to look at though. For the most part I think blogs should be used for people to get their opinions out about things that effect everyone. I think blogs like these are very beneficial to the public. It is never a bad thing to have a lot of opinions. This helps you see different views and may help you become a better person. I think overall the blog helps the author the most. The whole reason they are writing the blog is to get their view point out, and by having a blog I think they can feel accomplished if even only a couple of people see it.I don't think this is good for the news media business. Even though blogs are a small thing now, they are on the uprise and have a lot of pottential to be significant way of getting the news in the future. This is not good for news media because it is the news medias viewers that will look at the blogs. In the future blogs could be some form of compitition for the news media, although I don't think they will be that threatened by it. Overall I think the blogs are good for the literary world, sometimes that is where great writers are discovered. I think blogs should continue to be written if they have something to do with other people and the news. This helps expand the worlds litterary horizon as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI believe that political blogs are both used for sharing information and for individuals to vent their frustrations. People read blogs to read what opinions people have on a certain subject and see maybe if they personally have the same feelings about the topic. Some blogs that I've read are people saying about how mad they are and how someone should do something about the government. They do benefit the public, because it is the general public writing on this blogs if it is an independent blog. It is not just the political leaders talking about it anymore. The general public can know seein a faster way what the community is thinking about the topic at hand. Also it they can state their own opinions about it. It's good for the world news, because everyone can simply state what they think and it makes the world smaller, in how everyone can see what people think and how it's affecting them.
ReplyDeletePolitical blogs can be a productive means of sharing information, because you can get different viewpoints on situations. If the blogger is not being sponsored or paid, they're not benefitting from the blog in a monetary sense, but having a blog to share your ideas can help you find people who have opinions similar to yours. However, blogs have varying degrees of dependability. Some people do use political blogs just to vent their frustrations, so what they write might be skewed by their personal opinions. It's fine to read political blogs, but people should also watch or read the news coming from news stations so they can find out about issues on their own. News stations are more reliable news sources than blogs are, and blogs should be read to find other people's opinions.
ReplyDeleteI think a political blog is both a productive way of sharing information and convenient for individuals to vent their frustrations but mostly venting their frustrations of the information they share. I think that since it still is a blog it should still have the writers opinion of the information they give. But also I think whatever the writer vents about could benefit the public, it gives them a point of view maybe similar to theirs or a new point of view that they never thought of before. The audience could agree with the writer or disagree and look at a new blog but I do definitely think that it does benefit the public. It also benefits the writer too because on a blog you can post comments back stating your opinion so maybe a reader doesn't like what the writer has to say. Then they comment and the writer might not like what the reader said and might disagree but then at least they get feedback and can maybe write about other things or stay with similar news and have a small debate in the comments they post.
ReplyDeletePolitical blogs can be a productive means of sharing information but can also be simply a convenient opportunity for individuals to vent their frustrations as well. Depending on the purpose of the blog and the how credible the writer is will help determine whether the blog is to inform or to vent. Like the blog "Out in Left Field", it's writer is a mother who vents about her opinions on politics and other topics in a sarcastic rant-like way while the blog "The Real News" shares information to provide "independent and uncompromising journalism". Blogs do benefit the public because some do help inform. They do benefit the writer as well. Some writers of blogs become famous and maybe that was the writers goal or maybe it wasn't but it is beneficial. I don't think they're exactly good for the world of news media because blogs although usually have a specific purpose and a specific type of information they want to share while actual news channels and websites and other mediums of news's purpose is to inform the whole world on just about everything. For the literary world they are good because its just another form of writting.
ReplyDeleteI feel that political blogs are a productive means of sharing ideas and opinions rather than information. A lot of bloggers often put there input on a story and try to represent itin a good or bad manner. They don't really provide the full uncompromised story. The public can benefit from this because other people may have the same opinions as the blogger.They can read his/her posts and feel content that there is somebody out there reporting on events in the same way that they (the reader) feels about it. I think that blogging can benefit both the writer and the public because the writer is able to vent and express his/her ideas while the reader can find someone who shares the same opinions as them and reads their blog posts. However, I don't think political blogs are good for the news media because many blogs can misinform readers and others bash the mainstream news media.
ReplyDeleteI believe that political blogs are, in most cases, simply a way for passionate people to vent about what has been bugging them in the political world. However, some blogs do provide a means of sharing useful information. I feel these tend to be the blogs that have been up longer and perhaps have more insight into the political realm than just an ardent onlooker. I believe these blogs can all help the writer who can use them to calm down and really put how they feel into words. This may help them to actually say what they want to say while also allowing others to read and respond back to it. Most commonly, I find political blogs to be written by a person who wants to get their opinion out there. Typically, political blogs do not contain a vast amount of new news for readers but rather commentate on news and information that already is quite available to the public.
ReplyDeleteI think the answer is very obtuse. It's a gray area. Certainly some people utilize the Internet and have very strong opinions that they use to create detailed and polished blogs in order to share their ideas of politics. In this way we as readers get an insight into another's point of view and benefit greatly. However, there are also instances in which people do use blogs to vent. Yet a rant is not always unhelpful. There could be a well thought out idea within the mess of a rant. Blogs are a very fine line when it comes to helping or hindering our world view. I think we should take great care when choosing whether to dismiss an idea on a blog or take into account it's potential benefit to the global community and the worldwide media.
ReplyDeleteLike a blog that we looked yesterday, There are some political blogs that tell you how blogger felt like a "a plague on your both houses" but articles in these kind of blogs also are based on political information. Blogger do not vent their frustrations without some true political informations. Even if they just wrote based on their own feeling without specific reason, most reader could find out possibly. Furthermore, some blogs are based on famous company or bloggers are quite a independent people so, they would give objective political information and people can trust those blogs. Therefore, i think most political blogs are tools for sharing information.
ReplyDeleteThe blogs are basically created for the people to express their own opinions and emotions, after their posts, others could see the cpost, shear or comment on the post. However, nowadays the purpose of bloging has change into a more complex form, the government gets involved into the blogs, they post or force someone to post something that is for the government's benefits; they can post their own perspectives of how they see the world, how they react to some events; or in an other word, government can post something they want others to beleve and finally influence others' opinions and attitude. I had also heard about someone use blogs to make money, a person could have more than hundreds of blogs at the same time; they earn money from the growth of every single follower, or those people get money from posting something other people to do so. In those situation, the blogs are not personal any more, their perspectives could be forced or influenced by someone else.
ReplyDeleteBlog is one of the most effective and popular ways for people to express their opinions and share information, and, also a typical tool of social medias. As a blogger, I consider it a best tool to vent my feelings since I started my personal blog at the age of 10. Most of my blogs are journals or real stories in my life, and most of my followers are my friends and classmates. As I grow up, I changed the style in writing my blogs to reviews or commentary on some issues, and I also share my personal experiences studying abroad as an international junior high school student, trying to be a critical and instructive, and then I found an increase number of followers with total over 20,000 hits until last year. And I realized the more followers I have, the less effusive I should be, since there're so many strangers among my followers. From my experience, I think blogs benefit the writers more than public. The reasons are 1. Writers feel better after they find such an outlet to vent their frustrations 2. Writers can be popular through blogging. One of the best examples is Hanhan, the most popular on the planet, which has registered well over 300 million hits since it was started in 2006. He is famous for his sharp comments and attacking for establishment. I admire him and I have no doubt that he is a typical and excellent icon of the post-80s generations. Hanhan has also been nominated the 200 most globally influential people, which I think his blogs contribute to this honor most. For public, the benefits are not that obvious but too disperse since different people get benefits from different extent. However, there's no standardized criterion to judge the benefits. People may even feel confused when they find so many different information one time, and they fail to find the "right" one for themselves. So I think blogs benefit the writers better than the public.
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