HW 5b: I disagree

After reading, “I Blog, Therefore I Am” by Kline and Burstein there was a specific section that I personally QUESTION. Throughout this new trend of blogging, there are supposedly many statistics rising and percentages lowering. Kline and Burtsein have made a COMPLICATED statement, along with other bloggers saying that blogging will mean a death of the Big Media. I disagree, however because even though Newspaper circulation has gone down a WHOPPING 11 percent (not that much, really) since 1990, in my opinion it really has nothing to do with blogging. I believe Kline and Burstein CONTRADICT themselves in the next paragraph explaining that the Internet may also be a reason because, “users of the internet tend to take time away from other media” (p 239). I believe that Internet usage really is the reason why newspaper circulation percentages have gone down, however 11 percent over 17 years…It really isn’t that much, and not much of surprise. Many news articles are on the World Wide Web. Blogging is just for journals, and commenting, and meeting people. Whatever blogging may be used for I really don’t believe it is the cause to newspapers not being read as much. Kline and Burstein also say why teenagers aren’t reading the newspapers as much. Lets say blogging really was the cause to this… In that case they still CONTEND themselves because blogging is targeted towards adults in their 20’s to 30’s. So it still doesn’t make sense. In conclusion I disagree that blogging is the reason to the Big Media not being read as much. It’s still being read, just over the web!