In Defense of Blogs

Another more personal and less serious post this time around. I've decided to write an article justifying the role of the Web log in the scope of the media communications industry. Guys like Geoffrey Nunberg and John Dvorak don't seem to want to believe that the blog is a viable means of information relay. Both of them have written decent columns on the subject, though I think their ideas are fundamentally flawed. Dvorak's was written in November of last year, and Nunberg wrote his piece, which he read and broadcast for NPR's Fresh Air program, in April of this year.

Nunberg's was quite a bit more thoughtful and generally better-researched than Dvorak's. I suppose Nunberg, being an academic, has just learned that he needs to have better arguments than Dvorak, pop-tech columnist. However, they're both worth a read, and I'll link to them here. I'll also post my own piece, once I'm finished with it, obviously.

John Dvorak's "Co-Opting the Future."
Geoffrey Nunberg's "Blogging in the Global Lunchroom."