Document Type
Article
Abstract
Through on-line quantitative research, this paper analyses, what can be considered some of the political dimensions of blogs. The analysis cross-compares some of the narratives emerging in the on-line debate about this research (and blogging in general), and the quantitative data that resulted from a questionnaire and other studies about blogs outside Italy. After an overview of the composition of the sample, the paper outlines some of the recurrent genres used by bloggers and how these are related to political discourses. Particular relevance is given to data about female bloggers that counters the gendered focus by journalists and scholars about blog genres and definitions dominated by men and masculine values. Utilizing the most common type of blogs, narrative texts based on everyday life, Italian female bloggers engage in a valuable social practice that is based upon shared understanding within niche groups. This type of blogging questions the traditional definitions of politics as applied to the blogosphere.
Repository Citation
Milič, Enrico M., Enrico Marchetto, and Roberto Costa. "So Far From Political Punditry: Everyday Digital Storytelling in Italy." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 8, no. 4, 2008, pp. 1–22. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol8/iss4/7