Universität Wien

160030 PS Specific Issues of Language Politics (2013W)

Gender and CMC

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 15.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 22.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 29.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 05.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 12.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 19.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 26.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 03.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 10.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 17.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 07.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 14.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 21.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 28.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In recent years, gender has become of increasing interest within research on Computer-mediated Communication (= CMC). Contrary to early theories, stating that gender differences will be minimized in on-line interaction, a lot of gender differences have been found in CMC. It seems that the inherently democratic character of the internet and the absence of "gating features" do not democratize communication to the extend early theories had expected. Still, gender seems to be a relevant category in online-communication. Actually, recent studies discover a tendency to emphasize gender stereotypical behavior.
We will concentrate on the category "gender" in CMC. We will read studies conducted within the last 10 years in order to discuss research questions, methods, linguistic variables and central findings.
The following issues will be examined:
.) Central features of CMC,
.) gendered internet use,
.) gendered discourse in synchron (chat, ...) and
.) asynchron genres (forum, discussion lists, weblogs, twitter, facebook, etc...) and
.) (automatic) gender guessing.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance, presentation, portfolio

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The lecture will provide an introduction into the research field "gender and CMC". Students will be enabled to design own research projects.

Examination topics

Attendance, presentation, continuous participation, portfolio (exposé, essay, writing a short definition part, documentation of an empirical testing

Reading list

Siehe Moodle!

Association in the course directory

Master angewandte Linguistik: MA2-APM4B

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