tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post3214797225436069794..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Things to Think AboutJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-4713822211701433422010-06-03T19:46:15.674-10:002010-06-03T19:46:15.674-10:00a survey shows that many married women in America ...a survey shows that many married women in America would rather sleep, watch a movie, read or do just about anything rather than have sex with their husbands.<br /><br />While 41% would rather sleep,<br />37% would like to do nothing more than have sex with their husband.....that's something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-61368950611081234882010-06-03T18:41:04.725-10:002010-06-03T18:41:04.725-10:00Dawson is apparently impressed by the study. Does ...Dawson is apparently impressed by the study. Does it confirm his biases?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-51220914307041146932010-06-03T14:14:53.054-10:002010-06-03T14:14:53.054-10:00Hm, let's see... from the abstract of the Berk...Hm, let's see... from the abstract of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University report "A Tale of Two Blogospheres: Discursive Practices on the Left and Right" cited in the CNN story:<br /><br /><i>Discussions of the political effects of the Internet and networked discourse tend to presume consistent patterns of technological adoption and use within a given society. Consistent with this assumption, previous empirical studies of the United States political blogosphere have found evidence that the left and right are relatively symmetric in terms of various forms of linking behavior despite their ideological polarization (Hargittai, Gallo & Kane, 2008; Hindman, 2008; Adamic & Glance, 2005).<br /><br />In this paper, we revisit these findings by comparing the practices of discursive production and participation among top U.S. political blogs on the left, right, and center during Summer, 2008. Based on qualitative coding of the top 155 political blogs, our results reveal significant cross-ideological variations along several important dimensions. Notably, we find evidence of an association between ideological affiliation and the technologies, institutions, and practices of participation across political blogs. Sites on the left adopt more participatory technical platforms; are comprised of significantly fewer sole-authored sites; include user blogs; maintain more fluid boundaries between secondary and primary content; include longer narrative and discussion posts; and (among the top half of the blogs in our sample) more often use blogs as platforms for mobilization as well as discursive production.<br /><br />Our findings speak to two major theoretical debates on the political effects of the Internet and networked discourse. First, the variations we observe between the left and right wings of the U.S. political blogosphere provide insights into how varied patterns of technological adoption and use within a single society may produce distinct effects on democracy and the public sphere.<br /><br />Secondly, our study suggests that the prevailing techniques of domain-based link analysis used to study the political blogosphere to date may have fundamental limitations. The fact that we find evidence of significant cross-ideological variation when we compare intra-domain attributes of political blogs demonstrates that link analysis studies have obscured both the diversity of participatory affordances online as well as the primary mechanisms by which the networked public sphere alters democratic participation relative to the mass mediated public sphere.</i><br /><br /><br />- vs. - <br /><br /><br /><i>Anonymous said...<br />It sounded like the unresearched musings of a college freshman. Yes, it omitted the libertarians. It also omitted the tea partiers and their revolt against the Republicans. More than anything the little writer is completely confused about the fundamental political philosophies of the left (which favors monolithic central federal government authority) and the right (which favors devolving power away from the federal government to the states and even to school districts). The kid has no clue. Also, did somebody really try to compare two very different types of blogs and pass it off as a robust study? Again, weak.</i><br /><br /><br />Wow. I'm having a hard time figuring out who's more believable, authentic and authoritative.<br /><br />Then again, my favorite of the Three Stooges was Moe.Dawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65596342877121763552010-06-03T12:00:21.773-10:002010-06-03T12:00:21.773-10:00Joan..What's the difference between having sex...Joan..What's the difference between having sex with your boyfriend vs your husband?.....three hours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-12198991666817182302010-06-03T11:14:49.497-10:002010-06-03T11:14:49.497-10:00The article on the how the internet helps liberals...<i>The article on the how the internet helps liberals more than conservatives is believable. </i><br /><br />I don't see that. It sounded like the unresearched musings of a college freshman. Yes, it omitted the libertarians. It also omitted the tea partiers and their revolt against the Republicans. More than anything the little writer is completely confused about the fundamental political philosophies of the left (which favors monolithic central federal government authority) and the right (which favors devolving power away from the federal government to the states and even to school districts). The kid has no clue. Also, did somebody really try to compare two very different types of blogs and pass it off as a robust study? Again, weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-77640727625328869632010-06-03T10:57:48.303-10:002010-06-03T10:57:48.303-10:00The article on the how the internet helps liberals...The article on the how the internet helps liberals more than conservatives is believable. It makes no mention of libertarians, though. The internet is also known as a haven for Ron Paul fanboys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387735600809559417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-90356694471903299002010-06-03T10:17:33.855-10:002010-06-03T10:17:33.855-10:00It is like saying before the airplane was invented...<i>It is like saying before the airplane was invented, "Technology will never help man fly because with current technology man cannot fly."</i><br /><br />Or right after the first computer was invented, saying "Computers will never be widely used because they are too expensive and too big."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-80891764726284826592010-06-03T10:02:06.474-10:002010-06-03T10:02:06.474-10:00To say technology won't help us because the cu...To say technology won't help us because the current state of technology cannot solve the problem completely misses the point about technology. It is like saying before the airplane was invented, "Technology will never help man fly because with current technology man cannot fly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com