Gender-linked differences in the style and content of e-mails to friends
Gender-linked differences in the style and content of e-mails to friends
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DOI：
10.1177/026192702237955
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发表时间：
2002-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Todd, Z
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作者：
Colley, A;Todd, Z
先前的研究发现，在书面交流和面对面交流中，语言风格存在性别差异。在与陌生人的电子互动中也发现了这种差异。这项研究调查了男性和女性为男性和女性朋友写的描述最近假期的电子邮件的风格和内容。与传统的性别陈规定型观念一致，在所涵盖的主题中发现了一些性别差异，表现为妇女更多地涉及购物、夜生活和费用等社会和家庭主题;男子更多地涉及地点、旅程和当地人等非个人的外部主题。来自女性参与者的电子邮件比来自男性参与者的电子邮件包含更高的与维持融洽关系和亲密关系相关的特征，这在女性参与者给男性朋友的电子邮件中更为明显。
Previous research has found gender differences in the style of language used in both written communication and face-to-face interaction. Such differences have also been found in electronic interactions with strangers. This study examined the style and content of e-mails describinga recent holiday written by men and women for male and female friends. In line with traditional gender stereotypes, some gender differences were found in the topics covered, in the form of greater coverage of the social and domestic topics of shopping, night life, and cost by women; and the impersonal, external topics of the location, journey, and local people by men. The e-mails from female participants contained a higher incidence of features associated with the maintenance of rapport and intimacy than those from male participants, and this was more pronounced in the e-mails from female participants to male friends.