Thanks Andreas. Forwarding to Research. Pine On Sep 1, 2014 4:09 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a new paper, published a couple of weeks ago. (Sorry if it's been > mentioned before, I couldn't see a related thread.) > > http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104880 > > Principal findings: > > We find that administrators maintain a rather neutral, impersonal tone, > while regular editors are more emotional and relationship-oriented, that > is, they use language to form and maintain connections to other editors. *A > persistent gender difference is that female contributors communicate in a > manner that promotes social affiliation and emotional connection more than > male editors, irrespective of their status in the community. Female regular > editors are the most relationship-oriented, whereas male administrators are > the least relationship-focused.* Finally, emotional and linguistic > homophily is prevalent: editors tend to interact with other editors having > similar emotional styles (e.g., editors expressing more anger connect more > with one another). > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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