Gender and Bloggers
Saturday, October 10, 2009 by Carrie819
Gender performance on the internet is quite interesting in terms of the differences males and females portray themselves online. They perform unique and distinctive characteristics in similar ways which the majority can be identified as the 'stereotype'. Blogging would be a good example to identify the differences between gender performances on the internet. I've been visiting several blogs that have been written and updated regularly by my male friends. Some interesting things I've found in common between them are firstly, their writing styles are somehow quite similar, in terms of the type of texts they write, for example, most of the blogs are tend to be more 'informational', such as uploading photos of a newly bought Iphone with a short description underneath or showing off their new cameras. Secondly, their passages often lack personal emotions of how they feel, or at most, they only put them in one or two words such as 'great' or 'cool', but they never really elaborate more, their form of writing is often quite short and to the point without other unnecessary comments and emoticons to support their feelings.
Females tend to draw more on personal feelings. There is one blog I have come across with the word 'depressed' all over the page. I think that females do not always provide information that can be understood easily, they are not as informational as guys do. They are more likely to share their lives by photos or videos, whereas guys on my friend list rarely do that, all they upload are photos of objects! Also I've found out that most comments in my blog are from girls rather than guys, girls would say much more and with extra emoticons added behind. I think females tend to care more of how others perceive them, like what comments they have posted, people who have viewed their blogs and what they should post on their blogs, whereas males tend to be less cautious or they just don't really care about these issues which is somewhat similar to Pedersen and Macafee's findings that we have discussed in the lecture.
Females tend to draw more on personal feelings. There is one blog I have come across with the word 'depressed' all over the page. I think that females do not always provide information that can be understood easily, they are not as informational as guys do. They are more likely to share their lives by photos or videos, whereas guys on my friend list rarely do that, all they upload are photos of objects! Also I've found out that most comments in my blog are from girls rather than guys, girls would say much more and with extra emoticons added behind. I think females tend to care more of how others perceive them, like what comments they have posted, people who have viewed their blogs and what they should post on their blogs, whereas males tend to be less cautious or they just don't really care about these issues which is somewhat similar to Pedersen and Macafee's findings that we have discussed in the lecture.