C.W. Nevius.blog : Bloggers read newspapers? Stop the presses.

C.W. Nevius.blog : Bloggers read newspapers? Stop the presses.: "Bloggers read newspapers? Stop the presses.
Alexander Halavais, may only be an assistant professor of interactive communications at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, but he knows how to deliver the money quote. Asked about bloggers by the Washington Post, Halavais came up with a beaut.
'The average blogger is a 14-year-old girl writing about her cat,'' Halavais said.

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This is NOT the official uniform of a blogger.This leads to one obvious conclusion. I gotta get a cat. Because as a blogger, the rest of the qualifications are pretty much out of reach. This all comes up because the prestigious Pew Intenet & American Life Project has just finished a look at bloggers: who they are, what they do, and whether or not they do it in their pajamas. (Not so much on the PJs, it turns out.)
The results are not just surprising, but hopeful. For one thing, you might want to cancel the caterer for the funeral for the death of the American newspaper. The study found that 85 percent of bloggers 'read newspapers'' and half of that group does so 'on a typical day.'' Just to add to their interest in current events, nine out of ten watch the news on television."
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I'll be the first to tell you friends and neighbors, I haven't read a paper in months. Firstly because the Savannah Morning News is just a birdcage liner that keeps reporting less & less news (and sorely needs proof readers), and secondly because I don't own a bird, I'm a cat person as well...