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
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...
That's a great question...even on the wikifeminism wikia wiki...we have NO drama!
=)
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Krystle krystle@wikihow.com wrote:
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...
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM, o gobonobo@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
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