Hw 5, Symbiosis and the Unforeseen Weakness

Kline and Burstein suggest that blogs use the media as their primary source of information thus stating that there is a symbiotic relationship between traditional and new media, which I acknowledge. But, I question Kline and Burstein’s suggestion that this is a notable reason to predict that traditional media will not fade away due to new media’s reliance on the information that traditional media supplies. It is my belief that the symbiotic relationship between these to medias is only a temporary situation. It is very much possible that new media can become more independent as it develops, thus the symbiotic relationship will become weakened and over time non-existent. This to me gives Kline and Burstein’s theory an unforeseen weakness, one not mentioned. I do not intend to completely discredit Kline and Burstein but to implore you to look at these statements and predictions and make sure you truly look at them and test them.