If the Internet is a new kind of social space, what does it look like? That’s a question of particular interest to social scientists eager to see what cyberspace might reveal about the nature of human behavior. Matthew Hurst, director of science and innovation for Nielsen BuzzMetrics, a company that analyzes Internet trends for businesses, has created a map of more than a thousand of the most popular blogs, essentially showing what he calls “the core of the blogosphere.” (
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