Gender and genre variation in weblogs
Gender and genre variation in weblogs
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9841.2006.00287.x
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Paolillo, John C.
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作者：
Herring, Susan C.;Paolillo, John C.
语言、性别和语篇类型之间的关系以前在非正式的口头互动和正式的书面文本中被观察到。这项研究调查了网络博客中的语言/性别/类型关系，这是一种流行的计算机媒介交流(CMC)的新模式。以机器学习研究中发现的风格特征为因变量，并在一个名为性别精灵的网络界面中推广，对随机抽取的博客条目进行了多变量分析，样本中平衡了作者性别和博客亚类(日记或过滤器)。结果表明，日记条目包含更多的“女性”文体特征，而过滤条目包含更多的“男性”文体特征，不受作者性别的影响。这些发现使将文体特征描述为性别特征的研究产生了问题，并表明在CMC研究中需要进行更细粒度的体裁分析。与此同时，人们注意到，某些语言和书面体裁与性别的传统联系在网络博客中被转载，以及它们的社会价值。
A relationship among language, gender, and discourse genre has previously been observed in informal, spoken interaction and formal, written texts. This study investigates the language/gender/genre relationship in weblogs, a popular new mode of computer-mediated communication (CMC). Taking as the dependent variables stylistic features identified in machine learning research and popularized in a Web interface called the Gender Genie, a multivariate analysis was conducted of entries from random weblogs in a sample balanced for author gender and weblog sub-genre (diary or filter). The results show that the diary entries contained more 'female' stylistic features, and the filter entries more 'male' stylistic features, independent of author gender. These findings problematize the characterization of the stylistic features as gendered, and suggest a need for more fine-grained genre analysis in CMC research. At the same time, it is observed that conventional associations of gender with certain spoken and written genres are reproduced in weblogs, along with their societal valuations.