Blogger Boom !

The article "Microsoft joins the blogging world" on CNN.com, published on the 3rd of december 2004, talks about Microsoft becoming the latest company to join the blogging revolution by setting up web spaces. Web spaces allow people to share online pictures, lists of favorite songs, etc. Other companies such as Google and AOL have already provided joined in the blogger revolution in 2003. The article then goes into detail about the company's new blogger service and it's features, including passwords for certain people to enter the person's blog.
This article relates to our course in many ways. The first and most obvious one is that I am writing this in my weblog as a course requirement. The second one is that weblogs are fast becoming an important tool of mass media. As mentioned by Drezner and Farrell, weblogs are rapidly becoming more influential as they affect media coverage. They do indeed have the potential to change governments as well as changing people's way of thought. The blogger also relates to this course as it is part of the Information Highway which we are living in now, along with the computer and internet.