Hi,
Last year I've conducted a web survey and got
app. 34% of internet users (2458 out of total n=7209),
who have their own web site. These are not only
people who self-present, but use their personal web
site (=a web site, on the content of which they
autonomously decide) for various social reasons, like
cooperation, constructing virtual identity,
establishing relationships and expressing their
opinion publicly.
I believe you could find the genre of personal home
pages and (personal) blogs in the context of these.
Anyhow, I was surprised by the large percentage, so
I guess an efficient way to get to the authors would
be by finding them in a web survey of a sample of
internet users.
If anybody is interested in discussing these
matters, have a look at the paper and contact me.
Cheers, Gregor
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Gregor Petric,
PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of
Ljubljana
Slovenia
e-mail: gregor.petric@uni-lj.si