Comparing Chinese and German blogs

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Mandl

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 20th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Blogs in different countries do not only differ in the language of their texts but in many other aspects as well. This study explores how these differences can be identified and related to known cultural differences. A thorough intellectual analysis of several hundreds of blog pages from China and Germany revealed culturally diverse patterns. Chinese blogs are more graphically oriented. They emphasize the communication between bloggers and commentators. Especially, the distinction between high and low context communication in both cultures seems to have a large impact on the blog communication.