Blogging, craft culture, and women empowerment

The study presents an analysis of the development process that women crafters underwent who began blogging as a hobby and gradually turned their crafts into blog-supported small businesses. The analysis demonstrates the role of sharing via blogging as a driving mechanism for community building and e...

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Autores principales: Manosevitch, Idit (Autor) ; Tzuk, Yonit (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [2017]
En: Cogent social sciences
Año: 2017, Volumen: 3, Número: 1
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Palabras clave:
Blogs
Business
Community Building
crafts
Empowerment
Reciprocity
Sharing
Women
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Sumario:The study presents an analysis of the development process that women crafters underwent who began blogging as a hobby and gradually turned their crafts into blog-supported small businesses. The analysis demonstrates the role of sharing via blogging as a driving mechanism for community building and empowerment for economic and personal development. Taking a grounded theory approach, our analysis is based on data collected from semi-structured interviews with top craft bloggers in the local blogosphere. We discuss the findings in light of work on the impact of network technologies on individuals’ and markets.
ISSN:2331-1886
DOI:10.1080/23311886.2017.1408753