Politics in the Blogsphere
As the American election approaches, I think political blogs are going
to be quite influential. We've already seen how they are a force
in the Democratic primary. As more politically active bloggers
report, passionately, on their politics, the real battle is going to
not be in the blogsphere, but the “Googlesphere”. Who can get
their opinions ranking higher in Google than your opponents.
Rick E. Bruner's Business Blog Consulting: Report (PDF): The Power and Politics of Blogs
Daniel W. Drezner, assistant professor of political science at the
University of Chicago and Henry Farrell, assistant professor of
political science and George Washington University, have posted a new
academic paper on blogs:
Daniel W. Drezner, assistant professor of political science at the
University of Chicago and Henry Farrell, assistant professor of
political science and George Washington University, have posted a new
academic paper on blogs:
This paper addresses this puzzle by
focusing on two interrelated aspects of the “blogosphere”: the unequal
distribution of readers across the array of weblogs, and the increasing
interactions between blogs and mainstream media outlets…
The skewed distribution of weblog influence makes it easy for observers
to extract information or analysis from blogs–but the reason they are
important is that journalists and opinion leaders are readers of blog.
focusing on two interrelated aspects of the “blogosphere”: the unequal
distribution of readers across the array of weblogs, and the increasing
interactions between blogs and mainstream media outlets…
The skewed distribution of weblog influence makes it easy for observers
to extract information or analysis from blogs–but the reason they are
important is that journalists and opinion leaders are readers of blog.