Blogs vs. Media

There are plenty of things that i question about what Kline and Burstein write about. In our new reading they really contradict what they say. They state on pg. 238 that a "new communications will engender massive change in our society, most especially in the role and power of the traditional mainstream media." Ok so they are saying that bloggin has a chance of over taking the mainstream media such as newspapers and magazines. Which is not the case what so ever. But on later on in the reading they state that mainstream media will merge with the new kind of media (blogging). So which is it. Is blogging going surpass or merge. No way will blogging every surpass the newspaper or magazines. They have been holding strong for many a years. And they arent going anywhere. And as much as Burstein and Kline think that the new generation of teens will do more blogging than reading newspapers and magazines. Think again. Cosmo magazine and Slam Magazine are top selling Magazines for teenagers. They also suggest that blogging and video blogging are "blowing up". Blogging has been around for ages and it hasnt been big so what makes these guys that think that it will blow up now. They just give blogging way to much credit