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Speaking For Fido: Dogs, Blogs, and ‘Ventriloquism’

Summary By: | Original Study By: Sirpa Leppänen | Published: June 13, 2015
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Blogging about dogs, in a "dog's voice," can tell us a lot about dogs and the people who write about them.

“Blogging” has been around for many years and these blogs are written or read by many internet users. For many hundreds of years before this, companion dogs have been around as many humans’ best friends. This paper analyzes the practice of “dog blogging,” and the various reasons that humans write “using the dog’s voice.” The author explores how dog bloggers speak as their dogs to not only tell their dogs’ stories, but also to establish, reinforce, and contextualize their own identities.

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S22116...
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Meet the Author:
karol is a longtime animal advocate with a passion for advocacy, art, statistics, and tech. In addition to years of investigative work on factory farms, karol is the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a feature-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans. He completed a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and an MA in Communications and Culture at York University, writing theses on nationalism and the Atlantic seal hunt, and Canadian rodeo culture, respectively. karol heads Faunalytics' Resource Department, and serves as the lead AI policy and initiatives.

Citations:

Leppänen, S. (2015). Dog Blogs as Ventriloquism: Authentication of the Human Voice. Discourse, Context & Media. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2015.05.005

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Companion Animals Attitudes Companion Animal Population English Global International Personhood Psychology Dogs
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