Today’s Links

Media Culpa: One single subscription for 9 of 10 Swedish top blogs “The fact that Observer now monitors blogs is a sign of the growing importance of this new medium. The fact that a blog savvy person doesn’t really need to buy that service, illustrates the tools available that enable us to be our own monitoring company.”
Harvard Gazette: Freedom squelches terrorist violence. “A John F. Kennedy School of Government researcher has cast doubt on the widely held belief that terrorism stems from poverty, finding instead that terrorist violence is related to a nation’s level of political freedom.” (Via Nicklas Lundblad.)
Chadie NU: Den riktiga tio-i-topplistan. “Jag tycker det är skrämmande att ett svenskt medieföretag utropat en hel hop högerinriktade bloggar till de viktigaste inom opinionen.”
Media Culpa: Is my blog officially a medium now? ”... my guess is that Observer thinks that some Swedish blogs may reach a lot of readers, but in regards of their influence over public opinion, they are not influential enough to be on the list.”
gudmundson: Åverviktigt. “Den senaste topplistan över landets ‘viktigaste’ bloggar (har Observer gått efter taxeringskalendern, eller?) gav vid handen att inte mindre än fem av av de tio på listan har tydlig knytning till tankesmedjan [Timbro].”