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Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Dr Shock MD PhD
Surveys indicate
- a growth of nearly 9 million Americans creating blogs between 2004 and 2005, a shift from 1.1 million to 10 million bloggers.
- In 2006, 39% of all U.S. Internet users were accessing blogs.
- More than 70% of blogs were classified as personal journals, recording the individuals’ daily life events, thoughts, and feelings.
- Bloggers present accurate portrayals of themselves in their blogs.
- Studies indicate that young adults and adolescents are more likely than other age groups to create blogs.
- Men are somewhat more likely than women to create blogs.
- Age and sex are said to have little bearing on the content of blogs.
- Men create blogs for information purposes, whereas women are more interested in self-expression.
- Females are said to be more likely to present themselves as ‘‘friendly,’’ whereas males present themselves more often as ‘‘confident.’’
- Motivations for blogging: self-expression, networking, identity management, preserve and augment existing relationships.
But how is that on MySpace?
Guess what:
Results suggest that MySpace blogs are not dissimilar from other forms of blogging because …
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