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Blogs as a "third place": The emergence of online alcoves sharing common interests

An abbreviated case study in narrative form of a weblog is presented. Preliminary observations in an ongoing longitudinal study suggest that the blog, whose discourse engages in the niche interest area of film music appreciation, is a representative example of an emergent social network dubbed in sociological terms as a 'third place' This is deemed to be an unanticipated consequence for a medium originally intended primarily for personal publishing.