People who, "bare their souls in blogs are isolated and lonely, living in a virtual reality instead of forming real relationships or helping to change the world," reckons Michael Keren, author of Blogosphere: The New Political Arena.

"Bloggers think of themselves as rebels against mainstream society, but that rebellion is mostly confined to cyberspace, which makes blogging as melancholic and illusionary as Don Quixote tilting at windmills," the CBC has him saying.

A University of Calgary communication and culture professor, Keren, "praised the internet as a great place for self-expression, but he also suggested that blogs often create feelings of loneliness for those who aren't lucky enough to reach 'celebrity' status," says the story, which also has him declaring:

"Many of us end up like Father McKenzie in the Eleanor Rigby Beatles song, who is writing a sermon that no one is going to hear. Some of us are going to be embraced by the mainstream media, but the majority of us remain in the dark, remain in the loneliness."

Keren follows the blogs of nine individuals, including a Canadian woman living in the woods in a cabin in Quebec, who, "discusses her identity through stories about her two cats," says the CBC.

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CBC - Bloggers living in a virtual reality, professor says, January 31, 2007