HW 5b: Applying Graff Chapter 2 to "I Blof, Therefore I Am"

When reading the assigned reading of Chapter 2, “I Blog, Therefore I Am” I came across one paragraph in particular that I did not agree with. To summarize, in the paragraph, Kline claims that the public-media is going to be able to win back the trust and confidence of the public even with everything that is happening around it, for example the increase in people blogging and so forth. There is an example of a heading in the newspaper, Newsweek which covered one hundred years in the future that features and aerial view of the United States with the state of California split off from the mainland. The headline featured on it is, “California Island: More Popular Than Ever 62 Years After The Big Quake.” In conclusion, the print media believes that even after its 250-year-long run, it will continue for at least another century. For example, in this particular paragraph, Kline suggests that the magazine and newspaper industries have both launched multimillion-dollar image advertising campaigns to increase their popularity. One ad in the newspaper, Newsweek covers one hundred years in the future that features and aerial view of the United States with the state of California split off from the mainland. The headline featured on it is, “California Island: More Popular Than Ever 62 Years After The Big Quake.” In conclusion, the print media believes that even after its 250-year-long run, it will continue for at least another century. I disagree because I feel that it will still be slightly jeopardized by other media scandals and mistruths that people are led to read and view. I endorse the media for being one of the primary sources for retrieving information and displaying it to the public, but I don’t believe that the media will be able to keep up with all the other advances in technology. I question whether or not the media will be able to keep up with its amount of viewers, even if it continues to display unreliable information. Nonetheless, I personally feel that the media is going to continue to keep up with its reporting and continue doing what it does regardless of how it is being impacted. Both blogging and the media are something that I feel is going to continue the bond between individuals and the world around them, in a positive way. I just don’t necessarily agree with Kline or others who say that the media is going to progress as it has over the next few years, or even centuries.