Gender and computer-mediated communication: group processes in problem solving

The study reports results from an experiment investigating aspects of communicative processes, using face-to-face (FtF) communication and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The latter was performed in two variants: participants writing under their own names or participants writing anonymously. T...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computers in human behavior 2001, Vol.17 (1), p.71-94
Main Author: Adrianson, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral research
Biocommunications
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition. Intelligence
Communication Research
Communicative differences
Computer Mediated Communication
Educational psychology
Face to Face Communication
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Gender Issues
Group Dynamics
Higher Education
Interpersonal Communication
Opinion change
Problem Solving
Psychology computing
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure
Reasoning. Problem solving
Self Awareness
Sex Differences
Status differences
Sweden
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The study reports results from an experiment investigating aspects of communicative processes, using face-to-face (FtF) communication and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The latter was performed in two variants: participants writing under their own names or participants writing anonymously. There were two problems to be solved, both having ambiguous solutions. The theoretical aim was to determine if gender would influence communication equality, social relations, and communicative processes. Furthermore, private and public self-awareness was studied in order to identify differences between the media and between the sexes. The results show that participants discussing FtF were more private self-aware than participants in CMC, and females were more private self-aware than males. Females produced more messages in FtF communication than they did in CMC, and there were also more opinion change from females than from males. Social judgements were more positive from females than from males. A qualitative analysis showed that females expressed more opinions and agreements in FtF communication than in CMC, but also that they agreed more than males in responding to messages from a male. There were also more disagreements in FtF communication than in CMC.
ISSN:0747-5632
1873-7692
DOI:10.1016/S0747-5632(00)00033-9