Title

Experimental Study of Gender Effects on Language Use in College Students' Email to Faculty

Abstract

Anecdotal reports have arisen regarding gender bias in electronic communication on college campuses. In an experiment designed to test language use in different gender contexts, participants were asked to compose an email to a professor whose gender had been experimentally manipulated. Female students, but not male students, displayed lower politeness, higher directness and lower formality when writing to female faculty than when writing to male faculty. Results are consistent with the possibility of internalized sexism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of College Student Journal is the property of Project Innovation, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Department(s)

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2018

Journal Title

College Student Journal

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