Blogging Monks in the News

Well not quite the monks themselves but certainly a blogging reference. Here is a link to BBC News online and that will take you to an article about how blogging is literally helping to change the world. "Burma's cyber-dissidents" by Stephanie Holmes, is a very intriguing article. Burmese Monks have been protesting against their government and unlike the past where the government could handle an up rising how ever they pleased, this time around the government has to deal with the information age. I quote, "Thanks in part to bloggers, this time the outside world is acutely aware of what is happening on the streets of Rangoon, Mandalay and Pakokku and is hungry for more information." It goes on to describe how a blogger from Burma based in London has set up a social network over the Internet and phone to gain picture and video for a blog dedicated to reporting what has and will happen over the time of protest. The blogger's name is Ko Htike and his blog is: http://ko-htike.blogspot.com/ Check it out. Real interesting pictures. I picked to write about this this time around because it was something in the news which I felt was somewhat relative to this class and I thought who ever is reading this might be interested. Let me know what you think.