crave
vt. long for
Humans crave community, the sense of belonging that comes from associating with others. Online blogs and podcasting have allowed people to create and belong to communities around the world. But the development also raises the interesting question of who has a right to the microphone of public opinion.
The popularity of blogs, or web diaries, has boomed in the past year. About a quarter of US internet users say they read them. To put that into perspective, the number of people who read blogs is almost half the size of the entire US talk-radio audience and about a quarter the number of those who ready daily papers.
[ Speaking out ]
Humans crave community, the sense of belonging that comes from associating with others. Online blogs and podcasting have allowed people to create and belong to communities around the world. But the development also raises the interesting question of who has a right to the microphone of public opinion.
The popularity of blogs, or web diaries, has boomed in the past year. About a quarter of US internet users say they read them. To put that into perspective, the number of people who read blogs is almost half the size of the entire US talk-radio audience and about a quarter the number of those who ready daily papers.
[ Speaking out ]
posted by Dennis @ Friday, June 24, 2005
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