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Blogging Their Way Out of Disadvantage: Women, Identity and Agency in the Blogosphere

Blogging Their Way Out of Disadvantage: Women, Identity and Agency in the Blogosphere

Amelia Rose Coleman
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522500100|ISBN10: 1522500103|EISBN13: 9781522500117
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch005
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Coleman, Amelia Rose. "Blogging Their Way Out of Disadvantage: Women, Identity and Agency in the Blogosphere." Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use, edited by Rebecca English and Raechel Johns, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 64-80. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch005

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Coleman, A. R. (2016). Blogging Their Way Out of Disadvantage: Women, Identity and Agency in the Blogosphere. In R. English & R. Johns (Eds.), Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use (pp. 64-80). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch005

Chicago

Coleman, Amelia Rose. "Blogging Their Way Out of Disadvantage: Women, Identity and Agency in the Blogosphere." In Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use, edited by Rebecca English and Raechel Johns, 64-80. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch005

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Abstract

The ways that blogs are used to improve the lot of the disenfranchised is an area that is increasingly gaining research traction. This chapter presents a literature review of the recent literature in to the ways that minority groups are using blogs to tell their story to a wide audience. It looks at the ways that human rights bloggers have used Web 2.0 platforms to express themselves. It then applies Foucault's (1988) work on self-expression to other groups who are also heavy users of blogs to express themselves in new ways. The chapter looks at poverty, at those who identify as LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) and women. It suggests that there is much research that still needs to be undertaken to properly examine the role of blogs in the lives of increasing numbers of groups who are not able to express themselves in mainstream media, and to explore the ways that these blogs render mainstream media irrelevant in connected times.

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