I wasn't either... but I'm also fascinated and annoyed by the terms "blog" and "blogger." I mean, what counts as a blog? I have an account on livejournal where I post very regularly. Am I a blogger? If so, women are NOT underrepresented, because there are a ton of females on LJ (of all ages, from ZOMG teenagers posting about how their moms are unfair, to women who use LJ for their hobby blogs, etc etc etc). Or is it content only that counts something as a blog? I guess that's why I'm annoyed... I see a lot of room in the term "blog" to include a lot of things that the mainstream definition seems to ignore, and I can't find a good line. Plus, I just REALLY hate the term for some reason :) Not very academic of me since I can't pinpoint a reason but man! I'd be curious to know what the basis for this statement (apparent underrepresentation of women in blogging) is. AFAIK, women are very prevalent in the realm. -Christine Kurt Luther wrote:
I look forward to the responses because this underrepresentation wasn't apparent to me.
Kurt
Paul Teusner wrote:
G'day everyone,
Has anyone on this list come across data or reflections on the apparent under-representation of women in the blogosphere?
paul teusner
fishers, surfers and casters - http://teusner.org/
bio - http://paulteusner.org/
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