Blogospheres and Power

A postmodern examination of blogospheres highlights the latter’s potential sphere of influence in several areas such as media and politics, vis-à-vis such new avenues for individual expression in the blogosphere.



The nature of the blogosphere – possessed of individual expression, a large distribution of readers, and interaction with traditional media outlets – enable weblogs to exert an influence over policy and political outputs (Drezner and Farrell, 2004).

Influential ability of the blogosphere on media and politics: “blogs can socially construct an agenda or interpretive frame that acts as a focal point for mainstream media, shaping and constraining the larger political debate.” (Drezner and Farrell, 2004).



Blogosphere has also been effective in affecting pressure in the economy. For Secko (2005), the blogosphere is linked to power and business networking.

Secko’s (2005) poststructural examination of blogospheres and power relations demonstrate clearly how the use of blogospheres as a platform for, and medium of, expression can alter the dynamics of power relationships between agents.