Gender and the Net: Teenage Weblogs
Interessanter Artikel der BBC über eine Untersuchung von David Huffaker:
Previous studies on gender and the net have suggested girls communicate better, and more often, than boys. But US researcher David Huffaker's study of 70 blogs contradicts this. Contrary to prediction, the results indicate that there are more gender similarities than differences in blog use. However, some gender differences were noted, regarding emotive features, sexual identity, language use, and some components of personal information.
BBC News: Teenagers reach out via weblogs by Jo Twist
Und hier gibts das Papier von David Huffaker zum Nachlesen: Gender Similarities and Differences in Online Identity and Language Use among Teenage Bloggers (pdf)
[Via Shithappens und SocialTwister ]
Previous studies on gender and the net have suggested girls communicate better, and more often, than boys. But US researcher David Huffaker's study of 70 blogs contradicts this. Contrary to prediction, the results indicate that there are more gender similarities than differences in blog use. However, some gender differences were noted, regarding emotive features, sexual identity, language use, and some components of personal information.
BBC News: Teenagers reach out via weblogs by Jo Twist
Und hier gibts das Papier von David Huffaker zum Nachlesen: Gender Similarities and Differences in Online Identity and Language Use among Teenage Bloggers (pdf)
[Via Shithappens und SocialTwister ]
Cyberwriter - 6. Jun, 23:48 - Blogging
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