This is a great introduction to blogs as part of the news and reporting world. It has some basic definitions and details how readers use the blogs. The discussion of how blogs 'work' in the aggregate demonstrates and idea we'll be talking about--the wisdom of crowds. What do you think of this article? Can you find examples or counterexamples? You can post questions, too, if you have them.
Poynter Online - APME Survey: Newspaper Readers Use Blogs Cautiously: "'In the aggregate, bloggers are much more balanced because they instantly call one another on bias, slant, errors in logic, and inadequate information. It's a network effect that is better than the mainstream 'networks.''"
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