HW 5b: Applyint Graff Chapter 2 to "I Blog, Therefore I Am"

In David Kline’s essay “I Blog, Therefore I Am,” Kline claims that blogs are going to take over the media world. On pages 242 and 243 Kline brings up a few topics that I question. Kline makes the argument that other media will have trouble succeeding in the near future because more people will be interested in blogs. He also hints at the idea that number of people reading books will decline and not many books will be around in many years to come. Kline says on page 243 “Of course, whether or not print media will survive in anything like its present form for 250 more years is anyone’s guess.” Print media, such as books, has been around for thousands of years and it doesn’t feel like it is going anywhere. People use print media everyday, such as newspapers, books, pamphlets, and magazines. Kline also continues to emphasize not just on these pages but throughout the essay, that television, newspapers and the radio will have a difficult time surviving through the new world of blogs. I don’t agree with this statement. Many people after work love to come home and relax in front of the television watching the news. Kline writes mostly in this essay of how blogs are good for the American society and how it affects the media, but some of the things he mentions in his essay I do not agree with.