Political Blogs
In the SMH recently was an article about Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, and his blog. He blogs regularly about how he spends his day and about his thoughts on a variety of issues. He believes that the new technologies allow for people to be more open and accessible.
However, some believe that he should stick to the traditional forums for politicians. His critics named in the article are a journalism professor and an ex-editor – interesting that they are of the journalism field, an area under threat from the many bloggers (now seen as journalists).
He seems to have struck a chord as in the few weeks that he has been blogging, there have been 400,000 visits and hundreds of comments. Go Blog!
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[...] after reading lymabe’s post “political blogs” (20 march 2007) reporting a news article about the success of the swedish foreign minister’s blog among the internet community and the critics it has received from the press, i felt the need to go a little deeper on the role of new communication tools in democracy. [...]