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Tuesday, 04 July 2006 |
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"Male bloggers of all ages write more about politics, technology and money than do their female cohorts. Female bloggers discuss their personal lives – and use more personal writing style – much more than males do. Furthermore, for bloggers of each gender, a clear pattern of differences in content and style over age is apparent. Regardless of gender, writing style grows increasingly “male” with age: pronouns and assent/negation become scarcer, while prepositions and determiners become more frequent. Blog words are a clear hallmark of youth, while the use hyperlinks increases with age."
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Let Loose the Rugs of War |
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Wednesday, 05 July 2006 |
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As academics get more comfortable with the blog publishing format new and innovative applications emerge. One great example is the Rugs of War research project out of the Australian National University. The project focuses on Afghani rugs since 1979 incorporating images of tanks, helicopters, Kalashnikovs, the twin towers in New York and images from US propoganda leaflets.
"We don't have a large readership or receive many comments; our readers are more likely to communicate by email than by commenting on a blog post. Yet Rugs of War has given us access to collectors and dealers who operate outside existing institutional contexts. This is particularly significant in an emerging field of scholarship, where institutional support for the field of study is yet to emerge ... Blogging is never going to be a complete research tool in itself, but it has proven to be an invaluable resource in this new field of academic inquiry."
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Monday, 03 July 2006 |
There are lots of great stories coming out of the Australian academy these days related to blogging and online publishing. Victoria broadsheet The Age runs a good summary of activities and in the land where the tourism slogan is "Where the bloody hell are ya?" the answer for academics seems obvious - online.
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