Relating Burststein's 12 key ideas to an issue.

2. Blogs are particularly interesting because they marry so much personality and attitude with this complex mix of software technologies.

Burstein’s second idea states that “…we can have more technology without necessarily becoming more depersonalized and alienated as a society.” (Burstein) Also it mentions how individuals are able to use bogging as a tool to voice their ideas that have never or may never be heard. Using these two thought I can closely relate this to online web sites such as: Facebook.com and Myspace.com. Where we aren’t letting thses depersonalize any relationship, but rather using it as a way to communicate and voice our thoughts to one another. Websites like Facebook.com and Myspace.com have aloud people to communicate through typing. These typed words can also be expressed verbally to discuss what may be going on in the Myspace or Facebook world. In some way it may even bring people closer because it is giving people something to talk about these days. Just like Myspace and Facebook, blogging has become something that everyone talks/knows about. It gives individuals a way to express themselves as well as keep in touch, and there is nothing wrong with that. Also, having such things as computers and telephones have proved that we aren’t depersonalizing anything because people still have verbal conversations, so as Burstein stated it wouldn’t make a difference if more technology were used.