Being that my undergraduate is in political science, that is typically the lens I default to when I approach and understand media. The section in chapter one concerning blogging and lobbyist spoke to me the most. The blogging aspect was critical during the Health Care debate that recently concluded. I was researching for debate and some lobbying groups during the past few weeks. This made the blogging updates from staffers and insiders all the more critical and timely. However, outside of academic games and competition, I worked as a lobbyist this summer in DC on health care. Examining and analyzing the aforementioned blogs were critical to understanding positions to specific members of Congress. The use of blogs allowed us to create more pointed arguments and better deployed strategies when attempting to lobby individuals. Blogs offer a unique insight from each individual which allows people in the lobbying field to break out of working within the traditional norms of "liberal vs conservative" or "democrat vs republican" and gives individuals the ability to have an identity outside of traditional groups.
On a time issue, blogs offer a faster update than publishing a news story on something like politico, but offers the ability for more analysis than twitter.
Interesting Blog(s)
-Obama Blog
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog
-Politico Blog
http://www.politico.com/blogs/
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