Blog Reading Explodes in America
January 04, 05 by kenrichA lot of people have been posting about how blogs have become so popular. A recent poll estimates that 8% of Internet users have their own blog (and there are an estimated 8 million blogs being published). At the same time, only 38% of Internet users know what a “blog” actually is.
Blog seems to be taking on bigger importance and is even seeking to challenge traditional media. Many people are getting stories from blogs instead of reading traditional news stories found in magazines or newspapers. Of course the big media giants are trying to fight this because it basically takes money away from them. The less readership they have, the less advertising revenues they will see.
Big media conglomerates are trying to discredit blog writers and the stories they post. What we are seeing on the Internet is nothing less than an online revolution. As computers become more and more prevalent throughout society, people will be free to post stories however they like and readers can get their information directly from the source. Right now, stories from big media have to go through a lot of filters like editors who decide what’s fit-to-print and what is not.
Read the story: Blog Reading explodes in America to find out more.
