Why do people blog?  What are their motives and who is their audience? 

Blogs have emerged because the Internet has made communication unbelievably accessible.  As important as letter writing was to our ancestors two hundred years ago, so emails, text messaging, Facebook, and blogs are to us.  But this explosion of electronic media makes it impossible to have an understanding of everything out there.  I’m specifically interested in how blogs facilitate the exchange of ideas and create communities of people in an increasingly electronic world.  

So, WORLD, help me out!  Why do YOU blog?  What is YOUR community like?  How has blog culture shaped YOUR identity?

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