Comments on: The unrepresentative blogosphere http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/11/12/the-unrepresentative-blogosphere/ A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Watching Them, Watching Us http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/11/12/the-unrepresentative-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Watching Them, Watching Us Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://martinstabe.com/blog2/?p=1198#comment-128 Why are there so few student political bloggers in the UK ? There should be hundreds of College or University students who should be writing their own UK political blogs, or at least commenting on them. Do none of them study politics or journalism anymore ? Are none of them active in their student political societies, of all persuasions ? These students all have internet access, so where are they all ? Why are there so few student political bloggers in the UK ?

There should be hundreds of College or University students who should be writing their own UK political blogs, or at least commenting on them.

Do none of them study politics or journalism anymore ? Are none of them active in their student political societies, of all persuasions ?

These students all have internet access, so where are they all ?

]]> By: Jim http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/11/12/the-unrepresentative-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Jim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://martinstabe.com/blog2/?p=1198#comment-129 I've often noticed how libertarian the blogosphere is compared, not just to Sun readers, but to the average thinking person too. I suspect that class and status have a lot to do with it (I would guess that most bloggers are relatively high-income), as does the nature of the medium. It would be nice to see some kind of systematic comparison - for example, between results for bloggers and non-bloggers on 'political compass' style surveys. I’ve often noticed how libertarian the blogosphere is compared, not just to Sun readers, but to the average thinking person too. I suspect that class and status have a lot to do with it (I would guess that most bloggers are relatively high-income), as does the nature of the medium. It would be nice to see some kind of systematic comparison – for example, between results for bloggers and non-bloggers on ‘political compass’ style surveys.

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