Study: Blogs haven't displaced media

Top Technology News - Know. Now. Reuters.com
referer med reference til Pew Internet & American Life Project, at blog nok ikke har den betydning the blogosphere selv mener, den har. Konklusionen er håndfast:
"We can say that if people still have that idea that the bloggers are the new fifth estate, that the bloggers are the new kingmakers, that's not the case." til gengæld har bloggere en anden vigtig rolle:
"The study also found bloggers act as guides for the mainstream media to the rest of the Internet."
BUZZ, BLOGS, AND BEYOND: The Internet and the National Discourse in the Fall of 2004. Preliminary Report, may 2005.