Blogs continued: Sen. Thesis II

Okay, here is the objective of my work:
There is a paradigm shift in media from the traditional journalistic focus to one of self-disclosure.
Questions:
How did it turn this way? Why is this becoming more popular?
Later questions to consider:
Is this a good thing?

Now, here is the interesting part. I have come to the conclusion I can cut a lot of the work I thought I'd have to do out of the picture and focus my thoughts toward only a handful of examples.
Here is what I have chosen to look at:
Trent Lott's comments at Strom Thurman's birthday party.
A comparison of Blogs from both the Democratic and Republican parties which discuss political topics. (Alito, bills, etc.) Thank you, Dr. Martinek for the Gannon and Lewinski ideas. I can compare a few Blogs to the stories written about them.
A few tech Blogs.
A few "personal" Blogs.

Compared to:
Newspaper articles on the same subjects.

(For the young ones, I was told this is part of the review of literature. You also include theories written about the subject in your background literature review... well, the ones you read.)

Now, I will supplement this with:
Interviews of one social and one journalistic Blogger.

Next:
I will analyze the two forms based on what is traditionally considered journalistic style and what is known as self-disclosure. Also, I will allow for some other communication details to be explained. (technical stuff)

Now, I have to define a few things:
Blog, personal Blog, technical Blog, journal, online Blog, traditional journalistic ideal, and self-disclosure.

Oh, and don't forget to fill in people with the history/background:
Robot Wisdom, http://oldweblogscomblog.scripting.com/historyOfWeblogs, etc.

This is good for, you know, letting the audience get a feel of how important the topic really is.

Then, I'll probably have a whole lot of more topics I can bring up for future research. These will be things like Facebook.com, online communities, self-disclosure as a form of journalism.

Now, this isn't the whole thing. I won't give that away, but it's basically something to guide others along. Plus, it's a form of research in itself to keep a Blog to track my progress. However, it doesn't work if nobody doesn't comment. And, it can't just be Thad!