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Stephen Downes

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The Chronicle discovers blogging - and some of the dynamics of the new medium - with a wide-eyed "gee whiz" kind of story. Among the surprises noted by the author: scholars who write about topics outside their areas of expertise and students who are able to converse as peers with professors. A lot of old blog lore - such as the power law distribution of weblog popularity - given new attribution as the scholars interviewed weigh in with their 'insights.'

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