This graphic clearly illustrates the disparity between men and women in the media. Considering the fact that women watch more television than men and women make up 46% of the work force, these are definitely sobering statistics. So why is there such a large difference in the diversity of the media? Suprisingly, new research on twitter use may offer some light on the subject. After looking at research on social networking and who uses these sites most, the numbers show that women hold a good advantage over men, but who women follow on twitter was somewhat suprising. Here is a link to the original article, from Harvard.
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/06/new_twitter_research_men_follo.html
Does this suggest, however, that the trend of media usage is to prefer male sources? Or is this just another anomaly among media producers who are mostly male?
-James Rutherford