« Nancy White's notes on activist tech at SXSW | Main | Flickrhoo » Blog DiversitySteven Levy writes in Newsweek about a blogosphere "dominated by white males," but he's really talking about the so-called "A-list bloggers," not the however many millions of bloggers who could be predominantly women, as far as anyone really knows - I don't think there's been a study to say otherwise. Levy, a terrific journalist, clarifies his focus, so the article's not really misleading. My one quibble would be that members of the supposed "A-list," who may be using the blog format, tend to speak with mainstream media voices. I don't exactly think of them as bloggers. I'd really like to know more about the demographics of the larger blogosphere. jon posted this at 9:13 PM |
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Journals/Blogs
From LiveJournal statistics
http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml
Are males or females more likely to maintain journals?
Male: 2000738 (32.8%)
Female: 4100095 (67.2%)
Unspecified: 1881833
Posted by: bazooka | March 19, 2005 11:24 PM
Just the kind of data point I was looking for!
Posted by: Jon Lebkowsky | March 20, 2005 3:41 PM
The same topic was discussed by Elliot Beck over at his blog. Aptly titled, "Blogs and Diversity", Elliot's post proposed boycotting of A list bloggers. But then who really are those A list bloggers? One can not necessarily say they're all "white" and "male". That mainstream voice might be deceiving in itself, much like a facial mask in place for hiding from prying eyes.
Posted by: diversitygirl | March 23, 2007 3:16 PM