Wow, blog really in the view of researchers

See, a special issue from Communications of the ACM [ Volume 47 , Issue 12 (December 2004) The Blogospher ]

SPECIAL ISSUE: The blogosphere
	Introduction Andrew Rosenbloom Pages: 30 - 33 Full text available: Html(11 KB),Pdf(56 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, index terms
	Structure and evolution of blogspace Ravi Kumar, Jasmine Novak, Prabhakar Raghavan, Andrew Tomkins Pages: 35 - 39 Full text available: Html(23 KB),Pdf(169 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, references, index terms
	Why we blog Bonnie A. Nardi, Diane J. Schiano, Michelle Gumbrecht, Luke Swartz Pages: 41 - 46 Full text available: Html(30 KB),Pdf(135 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, references, index terms
	Semantic blogging and decentralized knowledge management Steve Cayzer Pages: 47 - 52 Full text available: Html(28 KB),Pdf(148 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, references, index terms
	How blogging software reshapes the online community Rebecca Blood Pages: 53 - 55 Full text available: Html(15 KB),Pdf(62 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, references, index terms
	Democracy and filtering Cass R. Sunstein Pages: 57 - 59 Full text available: Html(14 KB),Pdf(56 KB) Additional Information: full citation, abstract, index terms