Weblogs and the Public Sphere
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/weblogs_and_the_public_sphere.html

Baoill, Andrew Ó.
Into the Blogosphere
2004

Abstract:

In this essay I assess the potential impact of weblogs on the public sphere, using a model based on the work of Jürgen Habermas to provide an ideal against which we can measure the efficacy of weblogs as a public space.