Hi all,

My name is Peter. I am an American international student currently studying abroad in Australia for 6 months at Griffith University Gold Coast. Back in America, I am a student at The College of William and Mary where I am perusing a Major in English.

I am enrolled in New Communications and technologies and am looking to start publishing my first blog where I will reflect on different course lectures as well as my over all experience as a foreign student studying on the Gold Coast.

This week in our lecture we discussed the importance of Blogs in our contemporary society. As a current American college student, I had no idea of how much weight certain blogs had on our mass media. In all honesty, I thought blogs were merely hobbies of computer nerds who didn't have better things to do with their time. I was surprised to learn how certain bloggers have gained such notoriety that their blogs have influenced anything from indie-car racing to the political arena.