Doing Gender in Computer-Mediated Communication: The Blogosphere

Doing Gender in Computer- Mediated Communication: The Blogosphere Susan C. Herring Lois Ann Scheidt School of Library and Information Science Indiana University USA

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Definitions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gender and CMC ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Participation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discourse Styles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Research Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Organization of the presentation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Participation in the Blogosphere: Popular Perceptions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Participation in the Blogosphere: Empirical Evidence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Participation in the Blogosphere: Empirical Evidence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blog Genre and Gender/Age of Bloggers

Discourse Style in Blogs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discourse Style in Blogs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Study 1: Gender and Blog Genre ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blog Genres ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example of a diary blog entry ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example of a filter blog entry ,[object Object],[object Object]

Findings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Study 2: Gender in Adolescent Diary Blogs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Langellier’s taxonomy of Audiences for Personal Narrative Performance (1998) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Entries by blogger gender Entries = 102 of which 89 could be fully coded

Orientation towards audience by blogger gender

Findings - Females ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example: Orienting to emotions ,[object Object],[object Object],Available: http://anonymuse.blogspot.com/

Example: Contesting cultural meanings, values, and identities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Available: http://coquet.blogspot.com/

Findings - Males ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example: Orienting to experience ,[object Object],[object Object],Available: http://16crayons.blogspot.com/

Example: Displaying performance knowledge and skill Available: http://www.arador.org/

Research questions revisited ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Findings help explain disparities in previous studies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Explanation for disparities in previous studies (cont.) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Research questions revisited (cont.) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gender and age of bloggers in news stories ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions (cont.) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The following members of the Indiana University (We)blog Research on Genre (BROG) Project contributed to this research ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

This presentation is available at: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/bielefeld.ppt Contact us: [email_address] [email_address]

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