Jornalismo Digital

É o primeiro estudo académico que conheço sobre os weblogs. Um estudante procurou aplicar a teoria da propaganda de Noam Chomsky e Edward Herman, que aborda a influencia dos poderosos nos órgãos de comunicação social, na chamada Blogosfera.
Para começar o autor do estudo (também ele blogger) afirma: "systemic bias towards powerful interests prevails in the blogosphere."
E conclui também que:
As we have seen, there is no opportunity for a peasant farmer in Peru to start a blog. This new medium is the domain of white, middle-class American men, and severe structural barriers restrict access by other groups. Those that adhere to the dominant ideology of the warbloggers are rewarded with larger audiences and higher rankings in search engines. Those that challenge the mainstream must face substantial flak, through hostility and abuse online, and legal and other threats offline. Because blogs rely heavily on the mainstream media as a source of information, the blogosphere effectively acts as a sixth mass-media filter.

O estudo completo aqui.
Dica de blogroots.