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The impact and effects of the media we’ve been using can vary. I think the blog site that Asa showed us is set up to promote power to the people. With the thought that the deans are symbolic of the state and the students are the citizens, this anonymous expression of views is virtually limitless. For instance, there are some postings on the blog about giving the students more power and preventing social gatherings from being disrupted by authority. A blog site like this can be interpreted in different ways. One way would be viewing it as a daily news site where you can read and react. Another way would be for others to be negatively persuaded. The site states that it is purely for entertainment and should not be considered an authority, leader, source or point of origin of any information. Blogs like this could be easily turned into places of personal attack on an individual. I interpret this site as a Hobart gossip site with the sole purpose of airing out their personal beef’s with the Deans and security people.