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NOTE:<\/strong> A version of this post ran on PBS MediaShift on Oct. 10, 2014. Lessons Learned from a #GenderAudit on Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks back I heard a great segment on On The Media with Buzzfeed writer Katie Notopoulos<\/a>, who created a holiday called Unfollow a Man Day. The piece originally aired on the tl;dr podcast. <\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nThis ‘holiday’ came from Notopoulos\u2019 decision from realizing she was following a ton of dudes on Twitter, rather than other females.<\/p>\nShe explains it here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katienotopoulos\/why-i-created-the-unfollowaman-movement#frrtmj\">Why I Created The #UnfollowAMan Movement<\/a><\/p>\nAnyway, that got me thinking\u2026 for about a year, I have consciously been trying to diversify who I follow on Twitter. <\/p>\nI never want to be caught in an echo chamber, and I have learned that I get a beneficial edge when I hear outside voices, instead of hearing the same people from within the journalism industry.<\/p>\nBut while my diverse follow was a conscious act, I still don\u2019t know if I have struck the right balance.<\/p>\nSo, why not find out?<\/p>\nAnd that\u2019s where these lists come it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\nI\u2019m starting a new Twitter\/Diversity experiment on myself\u2026 I\u2019m putting everyone I follow on a gender list to see the difference and ratio.<\/p>\n— Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webjournalist\/statuses\/505215431422930944\">August 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\nBy going through the 960+ people I follow and doing an inventory, I can achieve a couple of things: <\/p>\n1- What is my actual ratio? If I am preaching diversity and parity, am I practicing it too? I don\u2019t know, and that\u2019s what I am looking to find out. This self-experiment really is an audit.<\/p>\n2- In the interview with Notopoulos, she said she realized that some stories that were seen as newsworthy coming from \u201cTwitter buzz,\u201d were only a buzz for men. Meaning, because she followed dudes, dudes\u2019 topics dominated. For me, inversely, I want to see what topics are not buzzing in my stream\u2026 or who is it buzzing with.<\/p>\nThere is such a thing as Black Twitter. Latino Twitter, non-English Twitter\u2026 but most users don\u2019t know (or care) because they follow people and communities they know\u2026 or reflect their experiences.<\/p>\nSide note: I wrote this post at 11:30PM-ish, because some people were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tswicegood\/status\/505227267778555904\">weirded<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amartinmedia\/status\/505230650111049732\">out<\/a> by being added to a list. And one person, I feel, began to project some assumptions on what I am trying to do\u2026 hence this quick post.<\/p>\nBut, let me be clear\u2026 just like Twitter, this is for me. I use Twitter for a tool that benefits my knowledge. And now I am using Twitter lists to benefit me as well. I am dying to know the results of this self-imposed audit and see if I can spot any patterns. I am coming in with NO ASSUMPTIONS, open to whatever results may come.<\/p>\nAnd, for the record, I don\u2019t care if this is scientific or not. This is me grouping subjective follows along gender lines and see if anything emerges. I\u2019m a hackademic, not an academic.<\/p>\nNow, after reading this post, I want to invite\/challenge you to do the same thing. Find out if your stream is skewed by following one community more than another\u2026 hell, find out if you have a bias. Let me know if you try this thing\u2026 and, of course, feel free to share your thoughts on what I am doing. I\u2019m trying to be open and transparent\u2026 and I am coming with good intentions.<\/p>\nUPDATE: At 12:21AM, I renamed my lists to be Gender Audit Proj: Female and Gender Audit Proj: Male, to be clearer on what I am doing. <\/p>\nNOTE: I started this “self-experiment” late this evening on a whim… and my brain is turning into mush as I add *everyone* to a list… so I assume I have made some errors. If you spot one, please let me know… thank you!<\/p>\n* The People of Color list is currently set to private, because there is a chance I add or leave out someone accidently and I don\u2019t mean to offend.<\/em><\/p>\n<a name=\"results\"><\/a><\/p>\n<script id=\"infogram_0_results-of-gender-self-audit\" src=\"\/\/e.infogr.am\/js\/embed.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;border-top:1px solid #acacac;padding-top:3px;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;text-align:center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/infogr.am\/results-of-gender-self-audit\" style=\"color:#acacac;text-decoration:none;\">Results of Gender Self audit<\/a> | <a style=\"color:#acacac;text-decoration:none;\" href=\"\/\/infogr.am\" target=\"_blank\">Create Infographics<\/a><\/div>\n\/\/ UPDATE & ADDITION (5\/14\/15)<\/strong> \nA student recently told me about <a href=\"http:\/\/twee-q.com\/\">TWEE-Q<\/a>, which analyzes which gender you retweet more. If you think about, having a balanced gender feed is a great step, but how you engage with the feed is an important metric. <\/p>\nWhat’s the point of following a balance if you only engage with one side?<\/p>\nSo, I ran my Twitter name through the web app and got this result: \n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM-1024x497.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 10.49.04 AM\" width=\"550\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM-900x436.png 900w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-14-at-10.49.04-AM.png 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n“@webjournalist retweeted 48% men and 52% women.” I am proud of this result! <\/p>\n\/\/ OTHER AUDITS<\/strong> \nFeel free to tweet me your audit results as well!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webjournalist\">@webjournalist<\/a> Audited my follows. 255 male, 115 female, 90 other (spoofs and, mostly, collectives\/institutions, eg publications<\/p>\n— King Kaufman (@king_kaufman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/king_kaufman\/statuses\/505258654249934848\">August 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\nMy twitter-feed gender audit results: 149 male, 121 female, 120 other (group\/spoof\/etc). <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webjournalist\">@webjournalist<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G0TtLP0UFc\">pic.twitter.com\/G0TtLP0UFc<\/a><\/p>\n— Wendy Sawatzky (@wendysawatzky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendysawatzky\/statuses\/505406486193786882\">August 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webjournalist\">@webjournalist<\/a> My gender audit: Following 446 men, 409 women. Thanks for the idea.<\/p>\n— April Burbank (@aprilburbank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aprilburbank\/statuses\/506667602715082752\">September 2, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\nCompleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/genderaudit?src=hash\">#genderaudit<\/a>: I follow 409 men vs 289 women, or 59% vs 41%.

(Twitter analytics guessed 71%\/29%)<\/p>\n— Daniel J Bentley (@DJBentley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJBentley\/status\/507270300988620800\">September 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\nAfter today's gender audit, I put together this blog post about what I did and what I learned: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/N8fQ6LWsOQ\">http:\/\/t.co\/N8fQ6LWsOQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/changetheratio?src=hash\">#changetheratio<\/a><\/p>\n— Amy L. Kovac-Ashley (@terabithia4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terabithia4\/status\/510248057145790464\">September 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself-779x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself\" width=\"550\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself-900x1182.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Check-Yourself-Before-You-Wreck-Yourself.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NOTE: A version of this post ran on PBS MediaShift on Oct. 10, 2014. Lessons Learned from a #GenderAudit on Twitter If I follow you on Twitter, you may have noticed that I\u2019ve have added you to a Twitter list: Male or Female. There\u2019s also a private list for People of Color*. Before you freak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[110,9,19,151,21,24,26],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}