Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i6B24Df05493; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s0f066e0.011@mailsrv21.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2968] women and listserv participation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1461 Lines: 32 Wade and Fauske (2004) have published an article in the Reading Research Quarterly on computer mediated discussions. In addition to their own study, they also describe previous studies and given that this is a listserv that focuses on women, I thought that some of you may be interested in this topic. For example, they describe Herring's work (1994), where she found in her research of academic listservs, that men participate more than women. Men's postings are often long and characterized as monologues, criticisms, ridicule, put-downs, stong assertions, distancing, and/or self-promotion. In "traditional" female disciplines (such as women's studies and library science), women are the primary participants and are often supportive and cooperative. In general, she found that women tend to reveal feelings and show more empathetic behaviors/while men tend to challenge and dominate. Of course, she emphasizes that not all postings by women and men exhibit these characteristics. I am wondering if any of you have observed differences in listservs that predominantly include women versus those that predominantly include men. Also, do you think that listservs reflect general communication patterns that we see in other contexts? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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