What I really like about this link is that it is a fluid and in depth description and explanation for rhetoric's transition from the spoken to written word. In isn't just a simple definition, but provides a broader picture of rhetoric's evolution.
New Media: A very useful blog about new media and all aspects of it, including (but not limited to), those that Manovich discusses. The blog details the evolution of media and allows discussions about said subject.
This site is a blog where bloggers come to discuss issues about new media. The range of discussion includes anything from the real meaning of digital to the debate between the written word like newspapers versus the internet.