Blog Assignment for Week 1:

So, to name an item that is currently in the news that talks about how online social networking sites are affecting politics is going to be rather easy these days. I went on over to news.google.com and typed in certain keywords like "Blog politics" or "Twitter politics" and found a great deal of stories to pick from.

Mass. lawmakers prep for Kennedy successor hearing is an article about how Democrats and Republicans are putting together a bill that will allow Gov. Deval Patrick to name a temporary fill in for the late Ted Kennedy. There are online petitions on Facebook and Twitter attempting to stop this from happening.