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Blog for America and Civic Involvement by Matthew Kerbel at http://hij.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/3, and
The blog swarm Chris Matthews never saw coming by Eric Boehlert
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200801220003.
"Liberal blogosphere" and "liberal bloggers do not have access to the same levers of power their conservative counterparts do;" in the same article? (Boehlert, cited above) Does the blog lean politically one way or the other? Do the big moneys in computers like Google and Microsoft and Apple influence politics, or society, one way or the other?
I will dig into this a bit deep later but here's a start for "how are blogs effecting society?" You, too, can search the web and comment. Together we can create some new knowledge for our class and our university. And for ourselves. I'm eager to see what you find relevant and something to share.
(I'm back from my errand.)
With a chance to clear my head (a little - in a sense) I've started to wonder beyond journaling and publishing with reviews, like the affect of blogging on the church or religion in general. Do we know more, understand more, ask more questions, get more confused, rely more on our selves than a god, discuss more openly? Will religion grow or decline or not be affected by blogs? How does religion influence society through blogs, and if you don't think religion affects society, take a trip to the Deep South of America?
I suspect we can make some connections between more blogs needing more websites meaning businesses like Google can grow bigger and hire more people giving them opportunities for employment? Is there a connection there?
Or we could consider how more people who want to be writers or have strong options can get their material out there, published if you will. Do blogs influence the way society thinks or acts? Apparently Kerbel (cited above) thinks that elections are affected by blogging.
