David Kline and Dan Burstein argue that blogging is something that people are fearing because it uses such a different language and the fact “that millions of nonprofessionals are speaking out about matters that they (according to their betters) know little about.” They make a statement that people were once worried about the telephone when it first appeared, as well. However, I disagree with this completely because the way the telephone was invented and the way it has escalated to such a necessity is something that will never happen with blogging. Especially with things such as: emailing, instant messaging, text messaging and all the different types of social computing technology out there. Blogging, to me, doesn’t seem to be important and honestly, I believe that it will eventually come to an end sooner or later. Whether it is important information or not, it’s just a person sitting at home writing similar things and stories the news papers and news are talking about. David and Dan claim that blogging will become a new phenomenon however, I disagree and I wouldn’t listen to someone “sitting in his pajamas in front of his computer.” Overall, blogging is just a way to express yourself, and information you've researched, and I feel that it will end sooner or later. Oh well...
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Is this 5b?
This meets most of the requirements of the assignment--to identify a part of the text that you have reservations about and express your point of disagreement.
I'm not sure that the argument that blogging is less important than the phone, though, really contradicts Kline's observation that the phone was a cause of concern as well. Your summary seems to leave out the whole issue of civilized discourse that is important in this passage as well. You're referring to page 251 of Kline's "I Blog, Therefore I Am," correct?
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