I found that this site was listed on many fellow classmates assignments. So I decided to start analyzing from this point of view.
This study was analyzing if gender was a role in influencing the internet. Women are found to be more 'online' so to speak than men. Does that make them influence the internet more? Although the articles says it does, I care to disagree.
The author defines influence
as the act or power of producing an effect without apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command.
If women are more likely to be involved in the social network, what effect is that producing? What is it changing? And if the previous study we read is correct, and that men are sharing more political views over Facebook, they may be more influential than woman even on Twitter.
Overall, it doesn't matter which gender is on twitter or Facebook or the internet more. It matters what they do on it that cause influence. And if men are not on Facebook/twitter/internet as much as women, but when they are: they choose to make political statements, share current news articles and run more websites. Then they still have all of the influence.
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