A former professor at the LSE, Erik Ringmar, has written an excellent book on blogging called "I'm Blogging This! Free Speech and Censorship in the Age of the Internet". The minute I found out that he was writing this book, I couldnt help but send him an overload of information on blogging, youth, technology, etc. in the Middle East. Initially, he was going to do some work on case studies like Iran and China, but the book is now more of a personal experience with blogging. I highly recommend that you buy the book (its cheap!) and its available through amazon.com. Be sure to check out the acknowledgements of the book - yes, my name is there :)

For Erik Ringmar's Blog - Forget The Footnotes
And here for the book - I'm Blogging This!