Gender and Communication Styles on the World Wide Web
| dc.contributor.author | Sutcliffe, Tami | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-06T00:00:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-06-18T23:20:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2005-10-06 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gender and Communication Styles on the World Wide Web 1998, | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105135 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Certain human communication traits have historically been identified as gender-specific. The purpose of this paper is to collect and compare the most widely-indexed, gender-specific World Wide Web sites from five given interest areas, and to then determine which, if any, traditionally gender-based communication patterns were present within these sites. Using qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study found that in many cases: * Female-oriented sites in this study emphasized communality * stressed sharing personal experience * resisted authoritative language * encouraged emotional interaction # Male-oriented sites in this study relied on authoritative language # emphasized privacy # stressed professionalism # minimized personal interaction . Although these sites represent only a miniscule "snap shot" of communication on the Web, they seemed to suggest that the core of traditionally identified gender-specific communication traits is being actively transplanted into Cyberspace. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | doc | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Communications | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information Seeking Behaviors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Human Computer Interaction | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | gender | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | communication styles | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Gender and Communication Styles on the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| html.description.abstract | Certain human communication traits have historically been identified as gender-specific. The purpose of this paper is to collect and compare the most widely-indexed, gender-specific World Wide Web sites from five given interest areas, and to then determine which, if any, traditionally gender-based communication patterns were present within these sites. Using qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study found that in many cases: * Female-oriented sites in this study emphasized communality * stressed sharing personal experience * resisted authoritative language * encouraged emotional interaction # Male-oriented sites in this study relied on authoritative language # emphasized privacy # stressed professionalism # minimized personal interaction . Although these sites represent only a miniscule "snap shot" of communication on the Web, they seemed to suggest that the core of traditionally identified gender-specific communication traits is being actively transplanted into Cyberspace. |
