Who's Talking Online II: Revisiting Gender and Online Communications
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
12-1-2006
School
Education
Abstract
This descriptive study investigated the association between gender and online communication that involved participants from two online graduate courses. The study implemented a descriptive model in that "student involvement" was assessed by tabulating and recording the quantity and quality of student activity in the discussion threads. Quantity was recorded by the amount of times students posted online comments and the number of words that women and men used to make their responses. In addition, quality was examined by reviewing the content that women and men made concerning topics under discussion. A difference between the genders was found in that the quantity women contributed to the discussions exceeded the men. Women were also more inclined to give supportive or encouraging remarks than men, and addressed their classmates by name to promote a sense of online community, all of which support previous studies. © 2007, Idea Group Inc.
Publication Title
Integrating Information and Communications Technologies Into the Classroom
First Page
36
Last Page
50
Recommended Citation
Hartsell, T.
(2006). Who's Talking Online II: Revisiting Gender and Online Communications. Integrating Information and Communications Technologies Into the Classroom, 36-50.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/21171
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