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Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?: Women Bloggers, Politics, and Political Participation

Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?: Women Bloggers, Politics, and Political Participation

Antoinette Pole
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1947-9131|EISSN: 1947-914X|EISBN13: 9781613506981|DOI: 10.4018/jep.2011040103
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Pole, Antoinette. "Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?: Women Bloggers, Politics, and Political Participation." IJEP vol.2, no.2 2011: pp.37-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2011040103

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Pole, A. (2011). Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?: Women Bloggers, Politics, and Political Participation. International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), 2(2), 37-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2011040103

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Pole, Antoinette. "Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?: Women Bloggers, Politics, and Political Participation," International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 2, no.2: 37-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/jep.2011040103

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Abstract

This study examines the role of women political bloggers and how they use their blogs for purposes related to politics, public policy, and current events. Based on a combined purposive-snowball sample, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 women political bloggers in October 2006. Findings show respondents blog about a range of topics, not necessarily unique to women. Generally, women use their blogs to inform their readers, check the media, engage in advocacy efforts, and solicit charitable contributions from their readers and more specifically, women ask their readers to vote and contact elected officials. Data show women deal with a range of challenges blogging most notably discrimination. Though a majority of women political bloggers reported they did not face discrimination, interviewees qualified their responses saying they witnessed discrimination and discriminatory attitudes, suggesting the political blogosphere is somewhat inhospitable to women.

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