seattlepi.com Buzzworthy: At the speed of blog touches on a few points raised by people in class. First it, it points out both the power of blogs in politics and how they promote an interactive media space.
Finally, the post can be used to answer some of icemountain's questions about what blogging is, or more aptly how it differs from a chatroom. The main difference is that blogs are published openly on the Internet, able to influence all.