Week 6- The Blogosphere

The Blogosphere and how it sites in relation to the public sphere is quite an interesting topic for discussion; in some ways has it taken over as a voice for the people which was once contained within much more rigid and hierarchical bounds. The main issue concerned with online forms of personal expression/opinion as Barlow & Leston state is that the sheer supply of information available impairs our ability to critically evaluate what is useful, and what isn't (2012, pg 195)

The Twittersphere, and indeed the blogs (which we are contributing to) offer up public interaction in ways not possible before; whereas as public debate was once confined to things such as talkback radio, rare public interaction on television debates, and letter to the editor type of input- current technology allows for any individual to present an opinion or point of view in a dynamic, well thought out and unfiltered manner. But perhaps the filtering system of traditional media is a necessity for

Say for example I wanted to make a statement on the upcomng U.S elections, depending on my point of view i could easily provide such a humerous video such as this which makes U.S presidential candidate hopeful Mitt Romney look ignorant and out of touch with the voters he hopes to win over-

indeed quite amusing and may even with some over to my particular way of thinking, however concise, accurate and non-biased information hardly. In combining however, with my personal opinion imagery and video footage it creates a very diverse form of communication that is attention grabbing across many platforms and which has the potential to research far greater numbers of people relevant to the topic of discussion.

So in the end, how exactly does one see the point in which the value of free and individualised thought, meets the problems associated with online saturation and misinformed content? Always a point to consider while in the Blogosphere/Twittersphere.

References-
Barlow & Leston, Beyond the Blogosphere, ANC- CLIO, California, 2012, pg 195
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwrB1vu74c&feature=related Still voting for Mitt Romney?