Huffaker and Calvert(2005), talks about how a female is more freely to express herself, by texting more and using lots of descriptive wording. They describe females as being more freindlier. Females are also said to use emotions and words of feeling to express when they are sad or happy. Males are short on texting and abbreviate wording to get a point out quick. Males are less talkative and don't want to be bother for a long peroid of time. Males are brief in their conversation, so that the other person will know what they want and when they want it. Males mostly text with a style that says, I am a male. Smile...Most males type with a hidden agenda, what I'm trying to say. They wouldn't type in conversation alot of personal information to a stranger, like a female would. Sad, but true!
Grasmuck, Martin and Zhao(2009),desparetly tries to enlighten us with the difference in online contexts. They wants us to know that their really is a difference due to the fact that males and females have different insights. For one, the female may come off as a feminine role of a passive person that's deep in her feeling, while texting online. Some words will give a female away by the way she uses her words, or by the sound of words she uses. On the other hands, males may come off harsh and dominate. They might use profanity and words that are disrespectful. Male sometimes get upset quicker on social networking, whereas, the female delete and keep moving. Here we have patience and impatience.
Also, the female and male character may be given away by his or ethnicity background. This can be determined by the tone and social position. The characteristic can also be a factor in determining male or female gender. Your profile can tell a person if your hard or soft. Meaning some females have soft tenderness tone, and some males have a strong, masculine tone.
CMC is looks upon as a way to determine gender as well. CMC context single out how females uses words that are gentle to the touch, whereas males uses wording of aggression attitude.
Doing this class, I have never thought about the gender and race of anyone that I interact with in this class. I look at each individual as a whole. We all bleed red blood, and there is only 1 God. So, I am content knowing and believing in that powerful statement.
I will say that I label a person on the internet by male or female, by their names. It's hard, but I can tell a female name from a male name. MOST of the time. Smile.
i'm the same way as you...i have never thought about the gender or race of anyone in this class. A lot of times I don't even look at who posts what on here! I usually just read the post and the comment on it. I don't really know why i dont look at the names...i guess it's because it really isn't that important. In this class it's like we're all the same. We aren't judged by our race, gender, or religious beliefs because no one knows any of that on here unless someone posts "i am a white woman and I am a buddhist" or something
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of judgments are made in certain environment online. I don't think we judge or concern ourselves in an environment such as this. However, if we were on a dating website...we would be more alert and more concerned with what is on the other end.
ReplyDeleteI don't see what the big deal is either. It must be of interest of someone though. How people use cmc might be interesting, but the minute nuances of online writing doesn't seem all that interesting.
ReplyDeleteI actually think it kind of cool to not know who someone is in an online class because it takes the fun out of it. In reality it really doesn't matter to me.To be honest I never really judge a person off their writing because it says nothing in my opinion. Remember webspeak exist these days.
ReplyDeleteI think the internet is a great way to make people understand that race or gender really doesn't matter. You can have a long drawn out conversation with someone and not know anything about them. It's about sharing views and expressing yourself. Sure there are people who will say the most harsh things online because of the annon factor but past the trolls you can learn a lot from someone you don't know at all..
ReplyDeleteYes, names don't always help.
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