adolescent diary blogs and the unseen audience
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Adolescent Diary Blogs and the Unseen Audience
Lois Ann ScheidtSchool of Library and Information Science (SLIS)
Indiana UniversityUSA
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What is a blog?
Weblogs (blogs) are frequently modified web pages in which dated entries are listed in reverse chronological sequence (Herring, Scheidt, Bonus, & Wright, 2004).
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What makes a weblog a diary blog1?
Usually has a single author (Fothergill, 1974). Usually written in first person (Mcneill, 2003). Tell an episodic story (Walker, 2003) that may
be fragmentary (Hogan, 1991) and is always in process (Culley, 1985).
Open-ended and terminates when writer ceases to make entries (Bunkers, 2001).
1 Also referred to as personal journal blogs (Blood, 2002).
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How do diary blogs differ from their paper-based antecedents?
Two time-worn assumptions related to paper diaries fall by the wayside when looking at diary weblogs:– That the diaries are kept only for personal
consumption. – That diary keeping is a private and secret effort.
(Bunkers, 2001)
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How do you define adolescence?
Adolescence is defined as the second decade of life – ages 10-19 (Steinberg, 2002).
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Adolescent diary blogs
Two studies by the SLIS BROG project have found that adolescent bloggers account for:– 34.3% (Herring et al., 2004) and – 39.0% (Herring, Kouper, Scheidt, & Wright, under
review).
Orlowski (2003) goes further, asserting that a majority of bloggers are teenage girls.
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Langellier’s Audiences for Personal Narrative Performance (1998)
As a witness testifying to the experience. As a therapist unconditionally supporting emotions. As a cultural theorist assessing the contestation of
meanings, values, and identities in the performance. As a narrative analyst examining genre, truth or
strategy. A critic appraising the display of performance
knowledge and skill.
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As a witness testifying to the experience
Available: http://16crayons.blogspot.com/
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As a therapist unconditionally supporting emotions
Available: http://anonymuse.blogspot.com/
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As a cultural theorist assessing the contestation of meanings, values, and identities in the performance
Available: http://coquet.blogspot.com/
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As a narrative analyst examining genre, truth or strategy
Available: http://home.nc.rr.com/benlaz/
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A critic appraising the display of performance knowledge and skill
Available: http://www.arador.org/
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Methodology
Content Analysis and Ethnographic Methods Opportunity sample (N=12)
– EatonWeb Portal (http://portal.eatonweb.com) Originally a hand coded list of all the weblogs available
online (Rhodes, 2002). Now a JavaScript file that aggregates self-submission and
keywording (Rhodes, 2002).
All entries on the first page of the blog were coded.
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Demographics
Blogger gender: 6 each females & males Ave entries per page = 8.5, range = 4, 21.
– Female ave 6.8 ,range 5, 14– Male ave 10.2, range 4, 21. Removing the
outlier ave = 8, range 4, 14. Ave age = 16.9 years, range = 13 – 19.
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Country of origin
USA
Philippines Singapore
UK
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30.0%
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Posts by Author Gender
Posts = 102 of which 89 could be fully coded
female, 41.6%
male, 58.4%
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Entries by audience type
witness, 50.6%
therapist, 12.4%
cultural theorist, 25.8%
narrative analyst, 7.9%
critic, 3.4%
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20.0%
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50.0%
60.0%
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Audience Type by Author Gender
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20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
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60.0%
70.0%
witness therapist cultural theorist narrative analyst critic
female male
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Conclusion - Females
Females show a tendency toward:– bifurcated audience focus,
internal in requesting support.external via cultural assessment.
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Conclusions - Males
Males show a tendency toward:– external focus through narrative analysis. – sharing their world by asking us to witness the event
and comment on their personal performance.
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Future Research
Apply the methodology to a larger dataset. Establish who the bloggers believe they are
writing to through interviews and surveys.
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Contact Information for Lois Ann Scheidt
Email: [email protected] Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Personal Weblog:
http://www.professional-lurker.com BROG Weblog: http://www.blogninja.com