Blogging v Dogging. Dogging wins
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, more people know what dogging (watching people have sex in secluded places) means than blogging.
Well, they are Brits after all.The survey of British taxi drivers, pub landlords and hairdressers - often seen as barometers of popular trends - shows that most people may not have a clue what proponents of the latest Web trends are talking about.
The survey found that nearly 90 per cent had no idea what a podcast is and more than 70 per cent had never heard of blogging.
"When I asked the panel whether people were talking about blogging, they thought I meant dogging," said Sarah Carter, the planning director at ad firm DDB London.
Some 56 per cent understood the phrase "happy slapping" - a teenage craze that involves assaulting people while capturing it on video with their mobile phones - but only 12 per cent knew what podcasting meant and only 28 per cent knew what blogging was
posted by Rob O'Neill at 6:23 PM
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'They are Brits after all.'
Do you think the results would be better in, ooh, France? Spain? Germany? Canada? Anywhere?
Actually, 'only 28% knew what blogging was' is quite a high score, isn't it? When you remember that they all voted for Blair. And before that they all voted for Thatcher. And let's not get started on who bought all those Spice Girls records.
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