HW19: Graff Chapter 10 to Drezner and Farrell's "Web of Influence"

When reading the "web of Influence" by Drezner and Farrwell, I chose the paragraph talking about all of the international blog sites. They were stating that "although Alam Pax paved the way for Iraqi bloggers, he has stopped blogging himself, and only around seventy Iraqi blogs have picked up where he left off" (Kline and Burstein,96). This is important, because if there is little information on the war in Iraq this means that the less information people know about it. The news does not reveal that much "information" about it, so people need to find alternative ways to get it. There are also other blogs for many different countries, it is always important to know what is happening in the world today. Consider that there was no blogs about different countries, for example the daily news and newspapers have a lot of important information to give to society and they can't get to all of it. It is important for other sources to be able to provide people with the information. If blogs don't have the capability of doing so, then people will have to find another way to get the information that they are looking for. Even more important, people should get involved and help provide important information to blog sites so that people will have easier access to the world's daily news. If people followed through and did this, then it would be a lot easier to keep track of what is happening around the globe. My conclusion, then, is that people should be aware of what is happening today in society. People should not just be aware of what is happening close to home, but what is happening everywhere in the world. What may happen somewhere else may affect you later on down the road.