Chronicle Review: “Public Intellectual 2.0″, por Daniel W. Drezner.

Para todos aquellos preocupados por la manera en que el auge de la Internet en general, y los blogs en particular afecta a la producción intelectual.

Blogs have facilitated the rise of a new class of nonacademic intellectuals. Writing a successful blog has provided a launching pad for aspiring writers to obtain jobs from general-interest magazines. The premier general-interest magazines and journals in the country either sponsor individual bloggers or have developed their own in-house blogs.
For academics aspiring to be public intellectuals, blogs allow networks to develop that cross the disciplinary and hierarchical strictures of academe. Provided one can write jargon-free prose, a blog can attract readers from all walks of life — including, most importantly, people beyond the ivory tower.
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Perhaps the most-useful function of bloggers, however, is when they engage in the quality control of other public intellectuals.