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EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 22, 2009
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 30, 2008
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 25, 2007
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 29, 2010
IGI Global eBooks, Jan 18, 2011
This chapter focuses on the roles of interpersonal closeness and gender on the interpretation and... more This chapter focuses on the roles of interpersonal closeness and gender on the interpretation and sending of emotions in mobile phone email messages1. 91 Japanese college students were shown scenarios involving either a friend or an acquaintance describing situations intended to evoke one of four emotions: Happiness, sadness, anger, or guilt. The participants’ rated their emotions and composed replies for each scenario. Analysis revealed that in the happy and guilt scenarios, emotions experienced by the participants were conveyed to their partners almost without change. However, in the sad and angry scenarios, the emotions sent to the partners were weaker than the actual emotions experienced. Gender analysis showed that men were more likely to experience and express anger in the anger scenario, while women were more likely to experience and express sadness in the anger scenario. In addition, more women’s replies contained emotional expressions than did the men’s messages.
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 28, 2016
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2000
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 1999
Abstract There is a saying about evaluation that we like to repeat." Quantitative evaluation... more Abstract There is a saying about evaluation that we like to repeat." Quantitative evaluation is about what you already knew to ask whereas qualitative evaluation is about what you didn't know." Put in terms of the most common tools from these approaches one might say," Surveys tell you something about the values of respondents on issues you define for them, whereas interviews allow respondents to tell you what issues they value." These are of course broad generalizations from which exceptions can be found in both directions ( ...
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Oct 26, 2009
The wide array of communication hardware and software available today provides us with more ways ... more The wide array of communication hardware and software available today provides us with more ways to communicate than ever before. While the study of communication technology hardware is interesting, my research has always focused on the way people use these technologies to interact with others. This short essay will describe the origin of one of my central research themes—gender differences in the use of communication technologies—and provide an example of the benefits of qualitative inquiry. Although I have studied other topics, gender differences in communication technology use was my first major research topic and it continues to be a key part of my ongoing research.
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 22, 2009
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 30, 2008
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 25, 2007
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 29, 2010
IGI Global eBooks, Jan 18, 2011
This chapter focuses on the roles of interpersonal closeness and gender on the interpretation and... more This chapter focuses on the roles of interpersonal closeness and gender on the interpretation and sending of emotions in mobile phone email messages1. 91 Japanese college students were shown scenarios involving either a friend or an acquaintance describing situations intended to evoke one of four emotions: Happiness, sadness, anger, or guilt. The participants’ rated their emotions and composed replies for each scenario. Analysis revealed that in the happy and guilt scenarios, emotions experienced by the participants were conveyed to their partners almost without change. However, in the sad and angry scenarios, the emotions sent to the partners were weaker than the actual emotions experienced. Gender analysis showed that men were more likely to experience and express anger in the anger scenario, while women were more likely to experience and express sadness in the anger scenario. In addition, more women’s replies contained emotional expressions than did the men’s messages.
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Jun 28, 2016
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2000
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 1999
Abstract There is a saying about evaluation that we like to repeat." Quantitative evaluation... more Abstract There is a saying about evaluation that we like to repeat." Quantitative evaluation is about what you already knew to ask whereas qualitative evaluation is about what you didn't know." Put in terms of the most common tools from these approaches one might say," Surveys tell you something about the values of respondents on issues you define for them, whereas interviews allow respondents to tell you what issues they value." These are of course broad generalizations from which exceptions can be found in both directions ( ...
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Oct 26, 2009
The wide array of communication hardware and software available today provides us with more ways ... more The wide array of communication hardware and software available today provides us with more ways to communicate than ever before. While the study of communication technology hardware is interesting, my research has always focused on the way people use these technologies to interact with others. This short essay will describe the origin of one of my central research themes—gender differences in the use of communication technologies—and provide an example of the benefits of qualitative inquiry. Although I have studied other topics, gender differences in communication technology use was my first major research topic and it continues to be a key part of my ongoing research.