Saturday 3 May 2008

DEMOCRACY

Not everyone has a blog.

2 comments:

kate said...

No , but is that such a bad thing?

Susan Harwood said...

No. It doesn't matter.

However, two things strike me about this.

First, blogs are a powerful way of reaching a lot of people - which means bloggers can have an out-of-proportion-influence if they are read widely.

Second, bloggers are a self-selecting group. We may think our opinions are representative - when they aren't.

Third, the interactions between the those who write blogs and the people who read them can be so absorbing - it might be easy to forget the vast numbers of people who don't have the money, or the time, or the knowledge, or the ability, or the inclination to participate.

- Which is why I put this comment under the heading 'Democracy'.

Susan