scholarly journals Male, Female, and Nonbinary Differences in UK Twitter Self-descriptions: A Fine-grained Systematic Exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Thelwall ◽  
Saheeda Thelwall ◽  
Ruth Fairclough
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Personal Appearance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual

AbstractPurposeAlthough gender identities influence how people present themselves on social media, previous studies have tested pre-specified dimensions of difference, potentially overlooking other differences and ignoring nonbinary users.Design/methodology/approachWord association thematic analysis was used to systematically check for fine-grained statistically significant gender differences in Twitter profile descriptions between 409,487 UK-based female, male, and nonbinary users in 2020. A series of statistical tests systematically identified 1,474 differences at the individual word level, and a follow up thematic analysis grouped these words into themes.FindingsThe results reflect offline variations in interests and in jobs. They also show differences in personal disclosures, as reflected by words, with females mentioning qualifications, relationships, pets, and illnesses much more, nonbinaries discussing sexuality more, and males declaring political and sports affiliations more. Other themes were internally imbalanced, including personal appearance (e.g. male: beardy; female: redhead), self-evaluations (e.g. male: legend; nonbinary: witch; female: feisty), and gender identity (e.g. male: dude; nonbinary: enby; female: queen).Research limitationsThe methods are affected by linguistic styles and probably under-report nonbinary differences.Practical implicationsThe gender differences found may inform gender theory, and aid social web communicators and marketers.Originality/valueThe results show a much wider range of gender expression differences than previously acknowledged for any social media site.

Gender Differences in Advanced Mobile Services Acceptance

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Rodriguez Guirao ◽  
Carolina Lopez Nicolas ◽  
Harry Bouwman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Consumer Adoption ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Gender

By stating that the antecedents of customers´ intentions to use mobile services should be studied across service categories and gender differences, the purpose of this article is to investigate the validity and differential predictive power of a model that explain acceptance of several mobile services across male and female customers. This study contributes to the emerging but limited body of research on consumer adoption of advanced mobile services by addressing several critical issues. First, the present paper focuses on two mobile services, namely m-location and m-social media, as they are considered as the new age of advanced mobile services. Furthermore, we include gender as a moderator variable. A theoretical model is proposed and tested in a sample of 429 Dutch consumers. Results from structural modeling equations show that the factors explaining the acceptance of m-location and m-social media services differ. Second, gender moderating effect has been found significant as gender differences exist in the strength of various paths. In addition to its theoretical contributions, this research presents important practical contributions. In particular, practitioners can gain valuable insights into the driving forces of mobile services.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Spatial and Temporal Preferences for Waterfronts in Wuhan based on Gender Differences in Check-In Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu ◽  
Li ◽  
Ma
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Distribution Characteristics ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Points Of Interest ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Media Data

The geographical location and check-in frequency of social platform users indicate their personal preferences and intentions for space. On the basis of social media data and gender differences, this study analyzes Weibo users’ preferences and the reasons behind these preferences for the waterfronts of the 21 major lakes within Wuhan’s Third Ring Road, in accordance with users’ check-in behaviors. According to the distribution characteristics of the waterfronts’ points of interest, this study explores the preferences of male and female users for waterfronts and reveals, through the check-in behaviors of Weibo users, the gender differences in the preference and willingness of these users to choose urban waterfronts. Results show that men and women check in significantly more frequently on weekends than on weekdays. Women are more likely than men to check in at waterfronts. Significant differences in time and space exist between male and female users’ preferences for different lakes.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Daya Saing, Gender, Fraud Diamond Terhadap Perilaku Kecurangan Akademik Mahasiswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1458-1471
Author(s):  
Yozi Andayani ◽  
Vita Fitria Sari
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Academic Fraud ◽  
Best Value ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual

Academic fraud is something that has a devastating effect on students just for a satisfying outcome. So they forget the purpose of the actual education itself. There are factors that encourage someone to commit fraud found in the theory of diamond fraud developed by Cressey (1953), namely pressure, opportunity, rationalization and ability. In the research there are new factors that might influence academic fraud namely competitiveness. Unlike the previous research, in this study using competitiveness and gender variables. Where this competitiveness is one of the factors to encourage someone to commit academic fraud, because the competitiveness of individuals in getting the best value is very stimulating the individual to do what is desired by utilizing the situation and capabilities. The purpose of this study was to determine the cause of someone doing academic fraud. From the results of the research that has been done, it is known that what affects the occurrence of fraud in the academy is opportunity and also gender differences.

scholarly journals Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) - an alternative approach to the analyses of gender differences

2017 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Claus D. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Geometric Data ◽  
The North ◽  
Geometric Data Analysis ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Job Attribute Preferences

The aim of this paper is threefold: First, the criticism of quantitative methods raised by feminist and gender researchers is reiterated and illustrated using gender differences in job attribute preferences as an example. Second, the paper compares this ‘standard quantitative methods’ approach to Geometric Data Analysis (GDA), an approach that e.g. makes use of principal components analysis. I argue that GDA breaks with many of the problematic features of traditional statistics by being multi-dimensional (as opposed to one-dimensional), having a statistical model formulated at the individual level (as opposed to treating individuals as mere ‘residuals’) and visualising the results (as opposed to just presenting the results exclusively in numbers). Third, the empirical analyses from the first part of the paper are then used as an example and analysed again, thereby introducing the basic concepts and principles which comprise GDA. Data used in the paper stem from the study Youth on the margin where a sample of young men and women from the North Denmark Region were asked to fill out a battery of job attribute preferences among other things. This is an important topic because such preferences are widely thought to be closely related to the continuing segregation of the Danish labour market.

Gender Differences in Advanced Mobile Services Acceptance

2016 ◽  
pp. 1718-1736
Author(s):  
Alicia Rodriguez Guirao ◽  
Carolina Lopez Nicolas ◽  
Harry Bouwman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Gender

By stating that the antecedents of customers´ intentions to use mobile services should be studied across service categories and gender differences, the purpose of this article is to investigate the validity and differential predictive power of a model that explain acceptance of several mobile services across male and female customers. This study contributes to the emerging but limited body of research on consumer adoption of advanced mobile services by addressing several critical issues. First, the present paper focuses on two mobile services, namely m-location and m-social media, as they are considered as the new age of advanced mobile services. Furthermore, we include gender as a moderator variable. A theoretical model is proposed and tested in a sample of 429 Dutch consumers. Results from structural modeling equations show that the factors explaining the acceptance of m-location and m-social media services differ. Second, gender moderating effect has been found significant as gender differences exist in the strength of various paths. In addition to its theoretical contributions, this research presents important practical contributions. In particular, practitioners can gain valuable insights into the driving forces of mobile services.

“You Go Girl!”: Twitter and Conversations About Sport Culture and Gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Sanderson ◽  
Kelly Gramlich
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
National Basketball Association ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Sport Culture ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Assistant Coach

On August 5, 2014, the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) made history by hiring Becky Hammon as the first full-time, paid assistant coach in mainstream North American sport. Hammon’s hiring provided an impetus to examine how Twitter opened avenues for discussions around gender in sport culture to generate and permeate. Using Radian6 social media extraction software a sample of 1,434 tweets were obtained. A thematic analysis was conducted and revealed three themes: (a) opening the space for conversation; (b) offering evidence of sport cultural change; and (c) expressing resistance to sport cultural change. The results suggest that Twitter functions as a space where aspects of sport culture are disseminated and contested in ways that transcend traditional media’s treatment of these topics. As people share content that is personally meaningful and relevant and participate in shared conversations about sport cultural issues, it invites them to engage in active citizenry through joining in these discussions.

Gender, Incumbency and Party List Nominations

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Meserve ◽  
Daniel Pemstein ◽  
William T. Bernhard
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Selection Strategies ◽  
Party Ideology ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
European Parliament Elections ◽  
Proportional Elections

This study assesses how political parties’ candidate selection strategies influence women’s descriptive parliamentary representation. Focusing on proportional elections, it explores what determines whether parties place women in viable list positions. Evaluating party rankings at the individual level, it directly examines a mechanism – party nomination – central to prevailing explanations of empirical patterns in women’s representation. Moreover, it jointly evaluates how incumbency and gender affect nomination. This study uses European Parliament elections to compare a plethora of parties, operating under numerous institutions, in the context of a single legislature. It finds that gender differences in candidate selection are largely explained by incumbency bias, although party ideology and female labor force participation help explain which parties prioritize the placement of novice women.

(Im) Politeness and Gender in the Arabic Discourse of Social Media Network Websites: Facebook as a Norm

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Safaa Al-Shlool
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Social Media Network

<p class="1"><span lang="X-NONE">The present study aims to investigate the differences and similarities in the ways men and women use (im)politeness strategies in communicating “online” in the Arabic discourse of social media network websites like Facebook as well as the role of the topic the interlocutors talk about in the use of (im)politeness strategies. In addition, the study investigates the differences between the men-men, women-women, women-men communication in the Arabic discourse of social media network website, Facebook. For the purposes of this study, a corpus of online Arabic texts were collected from some public web pages of the most popular TV show programs on some of the most well-liked social media network websites such as Facebook over a period of four months (from September 2012- December 2012). The obtained data were studied quantitatively and qualitatively. Many studies have been conducted on cross-gender differences especially in the computer mediated communication CMC, but none so far has focused on the gender differences and (im)politeness in the Arabic discourse of social media network websites although there is a huge number of Arabic users of such websites. The present study, therefore, attempts to fill in the gap in the literature. </span></p>

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