Comments on: Blogging as a mainstream media. Without facts or examination?

By: Vashistha Iyer

Vashistha Iyer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:08:20 +0000

It was only last week that I finally saw this movie “The Network” (1976). Somehow, after reading this post and the comments, couple of seems flashed accross my cognisance.

People believe the illusions the media is spinning. They believe that the tube is reality and their own lives are unreal. They do. Whatever the tube tells them, they do: they dress like the tube, they eat like the tube, they raise their children like the tube, they even think like the tube. This is mass madness, and its only getting bigger. With more media in people’s face than ever before, people’s lives are being shaped by what they’re being forced to percieve.

Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn’t come out of the tube. This tube is the gospel, the ultimate revelation; this tube can make or break presidents & prime ministers; this tube is the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world.

So no, I don’t think blogs will ever become mainstream media. The greater forces of the world won’t let it happen. They cannot lose one of their biggest controlling mechanisms. Entire populations just cannot live without the entertainment they get from mainstream media. Its designed to keep the minds of people entertained so that they dont reflect much on the real matters.

Its an illusionary world we’re living in. Far from knowing the truth behind the driving forces of the world.

By: sneha Nair

sneha Nair — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:54:42 +0000

Well i would personally like a paper-less world. But the world doesn’t revolve around what i want! But its a fact. People are depending lesser on paper these days. We barely use paper at work at all! Only perhaps for outdated government/legal formalities. The coming generations will use it even less. Who has the time to go through a physical newspaper, when you have PDAs, podcasts, livefeeds, audio books that help you catch up on stuff on the go?!! I personally do not have the time to read a book these days, I depend on Audio books! And I am not that busy a person!

Point being, “electronic everythings” is where the world is headed. (Provided we live in a world with electricity in the future )….newspapers may not be replaced maybe(although i dont see why not)………but it would definitely be redundant.

By: sneha Nair

sneha Nair — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:43:28 +0000

I see Blogging as being the next “Item girl” of mainstream entertainment. With social networking becoming popular, the lines that separate personal content and content used for public consumption is getting progressively ambiguous. With people willing to make public what they are doing every minute of everyday, blogging is one way to make public, opinions, observations, critiques and what not……opening the floodgates of thought…..By the way……it works better than a shrink!

By: Invogue

Invogue — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:34:26 +0000

I think replacement of mainstream media by blogs will take long time, it is not the issue. But I’m sure because of the blogs internet will become the only I came I saw I said, I wished I did I’m happy etc place in the world. I think it will replace Psychotherapy sooner than mainstream media.

By: Saibal Bhattacharyya

Saibal Bhattacharyya — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:33:57 +0000

Blog is going to be the voice of the future. No other media is as fast growing as blogging. In years to come blogging will be the only way to express one’s views, thoughts and opinions. The daily newspaper may be the only competitor against blogging because in newspaper we get all the flashes and news arranged all in one place. Othewise blogging is going to march ahead strong and strong, day by day.

By: Sabrish

Sabrish — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:49:34 +0000

I personally feel Blogging would co-exist with other media but Television media is and will always remain the mother of all media. Though one can voice their views in a effective way through blogs, its reach is quite questionable. News or views given via TV media reaches a much larger audience than Internet Blogs.

By: Gourab

Gourab — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:38:44 +0000

In a democratic society, I think it will be harsh to use the term “replace”. It should rather be “co-exist” because as time progresses, we’ll see that if operated with due responsibility both the mediums will work wonders to keep us awake with the progress of the country.

By: KG Kumar

KG Kumar — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:02:46 +0000

Blogging, despite its powerful potential and democratic, participative ethos, is unlikely to displace traditional media — print, audiovisual and onlilne — which has too hoary a history and far too many well-built infrastructural advantages to be easily upstaged. Blogging will, however, form a vital and increasingly important adjunct to mainstream media. Long live bloggers!

By: barack

barack — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:28:53 +0000

in the next few years

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:18:09 +0000

blogs have a very limited audience/readers because of its very nature. Though all the pluses are therfe, this big limitation cannot allow it to replace mainstream media in short time