When blogs and regional newspapers trash Jerry Yang it’s one thing. But when the New York Times does it, people really notice. Public lynchings like this are few and far between from that bastion of traditional journalism. Yesterday’s article by Joe N

Noreen Kellner can’t make it to town meetings in Woodstock, so she frequents a Web site run by a resident to find out what happened and then joins the discussion online.

Political analysts marvel at Barack Obama's mastery of the Internet, where he has found many of his 1.5 million donors and created the social networking site my.barackobama.com to mobilize masses of young voters.

IN THE ADVENT of social networking sites like Friendster, Multiply, Face-book and blogs, a youth group has pushed for the massive use of the Internet in educating the public for the upcoming 2010 elections.

Chinese internet blogs and media are awash with claims that "swarming? toads, falling water levels and the erratic behaviour of zoo animals were portents to the country's worst earthquake in 30 years.