Two academic (read "food for thought") weblogs

# Networking, Knowledge & the Digital Age [RSS feed], "a weblog community that serves as a publishing medium, discussion forum, and collaboration tool for Bus 442 students at the University of Prince Edward Island. Within these entries you might find us riffing on a range of subject areas that might be loosely described as the social and commercial forces of the Internet."

Excerpt: Mark Hemphill's comparison of the Internet and the television broadcasting model in terms of user experience (there's more here, graphics included):

Television --> Internet
passive --> participative
hypnotic --> engaging/creative
extrinsic --> intrinsic
controlled --> free
scheduled --> impulsive, anytine
lecture --> discuss
consume --> create
escape --> connect
watch --> feel, try, demo
formal --> informal
consumerism --> activism