The blog as a window to one's soul or a window to the world?

Writing for selfish reasons? A window to the self or to the world. Pew thinks it has an answer.

NEW YORK (AP) - The most high-profile blogs may be about news, politics or technology, but the vast majority of Web journals are more personal in nature, a survey found.

"My life and experiences" was cited as the primary focus by 37 percent of U.S. bloggers, with politics and government a distant second at 11 percent, according to the study issued Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Mystery Pollster has more here.

Hat tip to Instapundit.