I am a huge fan of blogs. As a communication student, I am even more interested to know current social and political issues happening locally as well as globally. Recently, I came across a political blog started just a month ago by our former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in his own website http://www.chedet.com/, which is named after the pseudonym he used when he wrote articles for newspapers. Apparently, his blog became a phenomenon to all Malaysians since the birth of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s blog. The news article of ‘1 million hits for Dr. M’s blog in just 30 days’ in the Star online on the 30 of May 2008 has shown the impact of his blog to the community (Samy, 2008). 
Source: http://www.chedet.com/
‘People may now obtain news directly from the internet without any filtering from publishers, editors or journalists’ (IWR 2006). That is why many users believe that bloggers can provide them a wide scope of information compared to the mainstream media which is too clogged up due to the implication of printing and publishing act and licensing issues. However, although bloggers has more freedom in their publishing, they must also know to take responsibility for their own actions (Weber, 1995).
Source: http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/76e65039-65ed-45b4-81ad-61d3f993291f.html
Read more about the influence of political blogs in
> ‘New media and the changing face of communications’.
> ‘Blogger Jeff Ooi headed for Parliament’
> ‘Online campaign nets RM85,000’
IWR Blog, 2006, viewed on 12 June 2008, <http://blog.iwr.co.uk/general/index.html>
Lane, M 2005, ‘Unblog those drains’, politicalcartoons.com, viewed on 12 June 2008, <http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/76e65039-65ed-45b4-81ad-61d3f993291f.html>
Mohamad, M 2008, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, viewed on 12 June 2008, <http://www.chedet.com/>
Samy, FA 2008, ‘1 million hits for Dr M’s blog in just 30 days’, the Star online, viewed on 12 June 2008, <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/30/nation/20080530130012&sec=nation>
Waber, JH. 1995, Technical Editors’ Eyrie: Resources for technical editors, ‘Ethics in scientific and technical communication’, WISENET Journal 38, pp. 2 – 4, viewed on 10 June 2008, <http://www.jeanweber.com/newsite/?page_id=22>
1 April 2008, ‘New media and the changing face of communication’, the Star online: Business, viewed on 12 June 2008, <http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/1/business/20080401172812&sec=business>
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