This "brief" (40 page PDF) essay makes two points. First (and importantly), bloggers form a community (or probably more accurately, a network of communities). Probably the most convincing evidence of this are the graphical representations of links between blogs. Second, interestingly, blogs are evolving their own linguistic conventions, beginning with a basis in written style, but blending in elements of the oral tradition in order to extend and enhance meaning. Fascinating. Via Mathemagenic.
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