Since the early 2000’s, web logs have had become progressively more mainstream and has become a prime candidate for spinning gossip and news.
The biggest issue surrounding blogging, citizenship and the future of media is the freedom of speech. Society as a whole has always found a means of connecting everyone. Back in the day, opinions and news were expressed through local newspapers. Today, through the Internet, ‘blogging’ drives news, gossip, and opinions.
Blogging protects real life identity from the world in cyberspace because anonymity breaks the barrier of citizenship, leaving the ability to converse with anybody regardless age, sex, race and location. However, we are not completely hidden. Technology has left us traceable by our IP addresses and click streams making it easy for authority officials to find the source of the heat.
For some people, freedom of speech is not so free. It is more ‘freeish’ because you can write what you want but potentially consequences could follow your actions. For example, in China, the Communist Party's propaganda mandarins are obsessed with control and have closed down some outspoken blogs. Chat forums and online bulletin boards are routinely monitored for controversial political comments and sensitive words such as 'freedom' and 'democracy' are censored. (www.worldpress.org/2373.cfm)
How could this effect the future of media? We the people are the Internet. We fuel it’s existence by data driven content. If one blog website goes down, it is pretty much guaranteed another is going up and the same topics or issues will be aroused again. Freedom of speech should be protected. Opinions are really left up to the people, not the Government.
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