HW 3: Respond to "Toward a More Participatory Democracy"

In David Kline’s “ Toward a More Participatory Democracy”, he makes some very compelling points on the issue of how involved the world is on political blogging. Most people would not believe that political blogging is actually a more used and trusted source than newspapers. Newspapers have been found to have errors, known facts that suddenly become fictional, and do not tell the whole truth at times. Political blogs online often release untold information about politics, war, and religion; furthermore they have a wider variety of topics to read about. The newspaper and news shows limit what topics they talk about, often the same subjects repeatedly; whereas online news blogs appeal to everyone because there will always be information on the topic you want to know more about. During the election most candidates used online blogs to gather money, inform people about themselves and get a following of supporters. In turn the voters get to gather further information about the candidates to make a more informed vote. Bloggers can quickly gather up various statistics about their favored candidate, and meet others who are also interested in the certain candidate. The only downside that I can see from political blogging is that the arguments online are more informal and therefore might not appear to be as intelligent.