This is so interesting! I hadn't see it before. Thanks for sharing. Now I'm wondering what the overall emotional tone would amount to on wikiHow, in comparison...
-- Krystle Community Support http://www.wikihow.com/User:Krystle <http://www.wikihow.com/> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM, o <gobon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apologies if this study has already been linked here. > > Barcelona Media studied emotion and dialogue on English Wikipedia article > talk pages and published the paper "Emotions under Discussion: Gender, > Status and Communication in Online Collaboration" in PLOS ONE. Among the > study's findings was that "female editors engage in relationship-oriented > speech that is conducive to a positive working environment." > > I believe their conclusions also reinforce some of the initiatives at the > Gender Gap Task Force. Particularly relevant is their conclusion that "our > results suggest that being able to involve more women and to give them more > space in the community would also result in a virtuous cycle of female > participation, through the creation of a communication environment where > they feel more comfortable." > > Link to open source article: <http://www.plosone.org/ > article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104880> > > Link to Spanish language news article: <http://www.lavanguardia.com/ > vida/20141027/54417582364/las-mujeres-usan-mas-palabras- > sociales-y-son-mas-constructivas-en-discusiones.html> > > ~gobonobo > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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