This is how I relate one of Kline and Burstein's twelve principles/predictions to an interest or commitment of my own. I'm responding to David Kline and Dan Burstein's Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business and Culture. David Kline and Dan Burstein refer to blogging as, "The key metaphor for interactivity, community-building, and genuine conversation: one to one, one to many, many to one, many to many." When I was a child, I used to think that the world was a simple and safe little place without worries. Although I should know better by now, I cannot help thinking that this is still not the case. It has always been an interest of mine to meet new people, and like the old saying, “Knowledge is power.” The wide-range of options that blogging provides are endless and technology is radically changing how people live their lives. Like most teenagers, I spend a lot of time on the computer. Blogging however, is an educational and interactive experience with broad topics. I've always believe that one person's thoughts can transpire in to more than they ever expected. There have been numerous circumstances where a post on a certain global issue or topic, such as political elections, can completely alter the votes for that election. It seems silly to think that computers can change how we function as human beings, but in actuality computers are making it easier for people to communicate and connect with one another. David Kline and Dan Burstein state blogging is, "The killer App of the current generation of Web Innovation, just as e-mail and instant messaging were at the core of the last version." Blogging is a useful, "one place source" available to everyone to view. At the same time that I believe blogging offers the same technique as e-mail, I also believe that what makes it special is that people view posts on a blog because it sparks their interest, and they respond. E-mail and instant messaging are a back and forth conversation but usually over ordinary topics. For example, one person's ends up branching out as more and more people read or respond to it. Blogging is not only a way to meet people with similar stances on certain issues, but also a chance to state your ideas and opinions and hopefully change the way other people see the same or different things.
added bold text (9/9/07)
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Kathryn, this is conscientious work and I can really see you applying the ideas of both Kline and Burstein as well as Graff and Birkenstein. Well done.
Some of this is a little hard to follow--try reading what you've written out loud to yourself before you post it. Your ear will pick up awkward spots or wordy transitions that you might miss on the computer screen.
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