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A Web 2.0: The Global Impact study by Universal McCann says that there are 80 million bloggers and the number is still rising. With only 26% surveyed actually writing a blog, the potential for more growth is staggering. Mainstream media has known for some time that their market share was losing ground to the internet--and this is a telling indicator of what they can expect in months and years to come as more people secure their voices on their own weblogs. In their own bid for survival, watch for more and more reporters to become bloggers and newspapers to become sponsors for them. The political implications are equally significant. With China as the world's largest blogging market, certainly Chinese officials are now asking themselves whether the blogosphere could be the next Tiananman Square....
Blogs are set to become mainstream media with more than 80 million people aged 16 to 44 writing one. The finding comes from Web 2.0: The Global Impact, a study by Universal McCann into the consumer adoption of web 2.0 and associated technology like social networks and podcasts.
The study, claimed to be the largest of its type, interviewed 16,000 frequent web users aged 16 to 44 in 15 markets. The study found 48 per cent of respondents had visited a blog; 26 per cent wrote one; and 20 per cent planned to start one. China is the world's biggest blogging market with 25 million people writing one; more than double the number in the US. This is well ahead of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, which share five million.
Social networking continues to gain momentum with 69 per cent sharing photos online, while 74 per cent have reviewed a product or service. However, podcasts and RSS have failed to make an impact, with just 17.4 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively, having downloaded or subscribed to these services. Tom Smith, EMEA senior research executive at Universal McCann, said: "The changing internet is radically altering users' media habits the world over ... these are real challenges that brand owners and media companies must face up to now - not in 10 years' time."
"My boyfriend was moving to Manchester and wanted me to move too. It was during the train journey back to Manchester to London, after a weekend looking for a flat, that Harry Potter made his appearance. I have never felt such a huge rush of excitement. I knew immediately that this was going to be such fun to write.... I didn't know then that it was going to be a book for children--I just knew that I had this boy, Harry. During that journey I also discovered Ron, nearly Headless Nick, Hagrid, and Peeves. But with the idea of my life careering round my head, I didn't have a pen that worked! And I never went anywhere without my pen and notebook. So rather than try to write it, I had to think it. And I think that was a very good thing. I was beseiged by a mass of detail and if it didn't survive that journey it probably wasn't worth remembering." --Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling, writer
Welcome to my Blog! I'm glad you're here. This is my first post, so I'm excited to be writing this to you. I'm an Army Special Forces officer still serving on active duty and living in Washington, D.C. Over the past two decades, I've deployed to crisis spots and war zones around the world, worked in the West Wing of the White House and in the Pentagon's E-Ring. Drawing on those experiences, I wrote The Lazarus Covenant--a novel of international suspense in the tradition of Gerald Seymore, Daniel Silva and John LeCarre.
Only recently completed, the novel is represented by Gary Heidt of The Imprint Agency in New York City--a wonderful agent and a superb literary agency. In posts to come, I'll use this blog to provide you with updates on the road to publication, as well as other books and articles I'm writing. You can also learn more about The Lazarus Covenant on my website: JohnFenzel.com. There, you'll be able to get the "story behind the story," read an excerpt of the book, and even be able to view a full Photographic/Satellite Tour of the novel's setting.
My goal in writing this novel was to tell the compelling story of a potentially catastrophic international crisis--with the kind of operational fidelity that is difficult to find in today's novels. I'll actually take you inside the halls of the West Wing, into the catacombs of the Vatican, and through the mountains and dramatic gorges of the Balkans. Ultimately, it's a haunting tale of friendship, faith, forgiveness; and it's the story of one man's journey of profound personal transformation in the midst of it all.
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Cheers!
John
