Gallup on Blogs: Most Americans Have Never Heard of Them

Media and political types are currently obsessed with the newfound influence of blogs, but is the trend being overhyped? According to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, relatively few Americans are generally familiar with the phenomenon of blogging.

Extremely interesting article on the supposed influence of blogs.

Three-quarters of the U.S. public uses the Internet at work, school, or home, but only one in four Americans are either "very familiar" or "somewhat familiar" with blogs, Gallup reports.

More than half, 56 percent, have no knowledge of them. And even among Internet users, only 32 percent are very or somewhat familiar with blogs.

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