Accepting Blogging As New Media (Posting Two)

I construe the article ‘Accept blogging as the new media’ posted on May 4, 2007 to be an arousing factor amongst our nation at present. Nevertheless, through my personal thought, I think there is a high degree conviction that the government would choose to discard such information because it might be a threat to their political movements.

Accepting blogging as something new should also be an arousing factor because according to Naughton “Thoughtful, articulate and well informed writers who have previously not had access to publication media (due to controlled access) have grasped the opportunity to air their views”. (Naughton, 2006) This then creates an inside that due to blogging people have become more bold to voice up their opinions and their thoughts.

As an abstract I have to agree with The National Union of Journalist president Norila Mohd Daud when she basically said that the “usage of internet uses the concept of uncensored borderless world which made it accessible to almost everyone. As such, any abuses by public officials can be immediately exposed on the Internet.”

In my opinion, I believe that there is nothing to hide if a person is speaking the truth. The government has implemented strict rules with regards to the Printing Presses and Publications Act as well as the Official Secrets Act (OSA) because politicians are afraid that citizens might question their movements towards our country and thus lead to political damage.

On the other hand, I must admit that Barisan Nasional's Kota Melaka MP Wong Nai Chee statement with regards to some forms of regulation was obligatory due to the context of race, culture and religion in the country. I would choose to agree with him. The reason is because, as blogging is spreading widely all across our country, some bloggers must take into consideration on the various types of people reading the blog and must be sensitive to their feelings as well.

As a conclusion, I would have a standpoint that bloggers should choose to blog wisely and not inflict or provoke emotions that could cause harm to the nations. Meanwhile, the government should also be in concurrence to be more lenient towards their rules and make it easier for the media to report the truth and not keeping secrets from the readers all the time.

Source: http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/5/4/technology/20070504155505&sec=technology