Metro Pulse/Cover/The Technology Issue
What makes a blog different from all those personal homepages that clutter the Web? In a recent article on the burgeoning blogging phenomenon entitled, “Online Uprising,” American Journalism Review writer Catherine Seipp noted that, “in general, ‘blog’ used to mean a personal online diary, typically concerned with boyfriend problems or techie news. But after September 11, a slew of new or refocused media junkie/political sites reshaped the entire Internet media landscape. Blog now refers to a Web journal that comments on the news%u2014often by criticizing the media and usually in rudely clever tones%u2014with links to stories that back up the commentary with evidence.”