[cc-community] CC and gender issues

Giorgos Cheliotis giorgos at smu.edu.sg
Fri May 30 01:03:05 EDT 2008


I just started thinking about gender and CC today, here is why:

Mike Linksvayer just sent on CCi an email about the ccMixter music  
remixing community, linking to: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8323

In that user survey of the CC-based remixing community only 4.3% of  
respondents entered "female" under gender!

This may be attributable to several factors, but it made me think:  
could it be that...
(a) remixing, or
(b) use of CC licenses in general, or
(c) participatory media in general
is more of a male thing?

Anyone here aware of studies on the role (if any) of gender in online  
social networks, peer production, etc.? It's not my field, but I'd be  
curious to know...

Giorgos



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Singapore Management University
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