Quoting John Whittington <[log in to unmask]>:
> At 13:30 03/02/02 +0000, R. Allan Reese wrote (in part):
>
> >The current Pop Idols knock-out competition (ITV) has, however, ended
> up
> >after phone-in voting with three males from a selection of ten. Does
> >anyone have access to the data on the voting patterns and viewer
> >demographics, and sufficient interest, to determine if the sequence
> of
> >rejections indicates gender bias?
>
> Although I have no idea of the source of this information, the
> programme
> presenters themselves, and commentators in the media, are saying that
> an
> extremely high proportion (I've heard 90% mentioned) of those voting in
> the
> 'Pop Idol' phone-ins throughout the competition have been female. It
> would
> seem very likely that the sort of people who voluntarily participate
> in
> this particular phone-in would have a strong bias towards members of
> the
> opposite sex/gender.
If you take into account the probability that at least 10% of those voting are
lesbians and gay men the number of heterosexual women voting is likely to be
nearer 70% and given that one of the finalists is a gay man we might also
assume that a larger than usual number of gay men might be voting for him,
which reduces the het women group still further. But where does this leave
heterosexual men? what do we know about their voting habits? do they vote for
men or women in these matters? are they voting?
so many questions so little time!
Miriam Yagud
MSc Social Research
Social & Policy Sciences
University of Bath
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