Modes of citizenship: Democracy of Change

In Schudson's article citizenship is modeled in three different ways that were molded by the economy and times the citizens lived in. Today, however, citizenship is not directly influenced by our economy in the ways they once were for our forefathers. Although it is true we will be influenced to make decisions based on our day to day interactions with the economy; we will not be told how to make those decisions by others. In other words, today is the time of the individual. Individually, we gather to form political parties. Individually, we place our vote in public office elections. However, we do not individually voice our opinions; like natural instincts, we look for other people with similar concerns and feelings and gather to make a louder voice. In the past we did this in town meetings or at political parties, today we can do this by blogging. Larger and larger numbers of people are finding it easier to get involved and get informed by public channels of communicating over the internet. Blogs are growing in popularity for places to voice concerns and opinions and to have others either respond with similar concerns or answer your own concerns. One place in particular that I have found to be a great place to blog is on the FOX NEWS webpage. Thousands of people pass through this website everyday and are joined in chat rooms or blog pages by actual news reporters and meteorologists. This mix of individuals help today's citizens make more informed decisions by providing many different perspectives on similar concerns.