e martë, 12 qershor 2007
Nomination briefing for DailyKos
DailyKos.com, with thousands of readers and accessible posting techniques, is a pivotal political analysis forum where the blogosphere realizes the immense possibility of kairos.
On Technorati.com, DailyKos ranks highest out of all nominated blogs in number of unique links to the site from other pages during the past six months. While numbers may not make a difference in and of themselves, they do make clear the ability of DailyKos to reach politically minded readers. Many links to DailyKos help the blog surface to the top level of Web visibility and offer numerous and diverse lay readers and experts alike a forum for political discussion. As a result, more discussion occurs and multiple responses to posts abound. Simply put, increased traffic on a site like DailyKos adds more opportunity for the site to host significant, kairos-based thought and discourse.
On the other hand, the left-leaning nature of Daily Kos can create an “echo chamber” quality to the site, where all readers, posters and bloggers intrinsically agree on issues. But while posts typically stem from a Democratic perspective, the thoughts and responses from readers all over the country, coming from different backgrounds, cultures and mindsets, allow depth and dialogue in the material.
Unique to DailyKos.com is the Diary function. This section of the site is a consortium of individual blogs from any reader who chooses to create one. The masterminds of DailyKos rank the Diaries to “rescue” the most well stated and rhetorically sound contributions to a recommended list. Naturally, diary posts increase the amount of possible rhetorical situations. With so many respondents able to sound off their personal views on the site, disagreements can arise and political activism and discourse ignites the pages of DailyKos.
In conclusion, millions of visitors per month contribute to posts on the main site and in thousands of Diaries at DailyKos, and this vast forum creates a politically resonant environment ripe with the possibility of kairos.
Kairos Scoring
On May 29, 2007, our class listened to two presentations about this blog and deliberated about its quality in light of the evaluation criteria developed to measure excellence in blogging kairos. Below are the average scores awarded after the conversation.
Critical Thinking [out of 25 points]: 18.25
Writing Quality [out of 20 points]: 16.67
Timeliness [out of 15 points]: 14
Emotion [out of 15 points]: 11.92
Credibility [out of 10 points]: 9.08
Social Responsibility [out of 10 points]: 8.58
Intangibles [out of 5 points]: 4.17
Total Points [out of 100]: 82.67
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