Response to David Kline and Dan Burstein's Toward a More Participatory Democracy:
In chapter one of blog! Toward a More Participatory Democracy, I realized how important political blogs really are. Not only are they informative they also entitle you to your own opinion. In this chapter it states that "popular political blogs collectively had 28 million visits from readers" (p.5) I was shocked at how many people read these blogs. From my own personal experience and in my own family we get our political information from the news or newspaper. Until now I would never think to look into a blog. Also in this chapter it explains how blogging has become a primary source for a percentage of Americans."political blogs have become a vital source of news and opinion for millions of Americans"(p.6) When I first read this quote I was surprised to hear this fact. I would think that Americans would be more concerned with what was on television or in the newspaper. I couldn't really why someone would go online and read someones blog when maybe he or she has a different view or opinion, or why they would want to read something that may or may not be entirely true. As I read further I was able to understand why. "First and foremost, of course, is that fact that the media has lost a portion of the respect and trust it once held among the public. A substantial number of Americans, perhaps even a majority, believe that the media is either biased incompetent or both." (p.6)
After reading that quote I understood. The media does portray images that the country as a whole may not be ready to see. Like blogging the media can also be a false source of information. The question that I had at the end of this chapter was what is political truth? And how can we find these answers during this day in age?
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Kate, nice summary. It covers the big picture of what the chapter is about and you've added your own reaction to the reading.
Your in-text citations--(p.5), (p.6) are in the right places, but in MLA style, which we're using in this course, the author's last name and the page number go in the in-text citation, but you don't need the "p.". For example, "...collectively had 28 million visits from readers" (Kline 5).
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