Could personal media be a casualty of war?

According to The Christian Science Monitor, Israeli and Lebanese bloggers have been building “virtual bridges” way before this current conflict erupted, yet the inevitable anger and frustration that comes with any war my be eroding those fragile ties.

“This community existed for some time before the war began. We have tons of things in common,” says Lisa Goldman, who has used her blog, ontheface.blogware.com, to publicize Israeli-Lebanese blogging since the violence broke out. “We come from two of the most liberal, educated countries in the Middle East. Many of us received a Western education. We have talked, written, and dreamed about open borders between our countries. Many of those bridges that we had started to build have been felled by the growing tensions over the war.”

Still, in the days after the war began, bloggers on both sides of the line reported a 200% audience spike. And this amped up dialogue led many to call this “the most blogged about war ever.”

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