Response to politicial blog prompt

I think that this generation, the digital generation, does allow for its members to become better informed about the candidates and the political debates that have been taking place over the course of the past year (roughly). I even remember back during the elections in 2000 that there was a site that allowed you to fill out a questionnaire to see which candidates was better aligned with your own personal views. This wasn't one of those "quiz" sites though, it was an official and as far as I knew unbiased site that pulled all the details into one location to make it easier to catch up on election news.

I'm not quite sure why the site died and wasn't revived for the next election in 2004, but I guess there has been plenty of other sites that have popped up since then that provides a myriad of different views and positions on the candidates during the primary elections that are taking place now. I think that because of the prevalence of blogs and videos, both parody and serious, that a lack of even seemingly useless knowledge seems impossible. If you go online to look at or participate in even unrelated activities, there seems to be groups or comments about Barrack vs. Hilary, or the age of John McCain.

With shows, and their respective websites and print media, like "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" cater to college students and keep them up to date with political and social issues. This is also done through using a voice that this generation is more likely to pay attention to, because of the wit and criticism of the world that we see falling apart around us. For me, the increase of satire regarding these issues has sparked an interest in reading more about the topics. I think that the associate of fresh humor and critique of events breathes new life into various arenas of the presidential election that would have otherwise remained flat and uninteresting.

Without shows like these, sites like hotrantsmedia, that the amount of time it would take a student to look for all of this information would be too great to allow them the time to research candidates in between classes and work. Because of the organization and the availability, which I am sure if due to the presence of the digital generation (otherwise there wouldn't be that target market), this allows for the circle of cyber culture to continue.