TY - GEN
T1 - Of joy and gender
T2 - ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion, CSCW'12
AU - Kivran-Swaine, Funda
AU - Brody, Sam
AU - Diakopoulos, Nicholas
AU - Naaman, Mor
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this study, we analyzed the language use on Twitter personal exchanges as well as properties of the users' networks, to study the influence of gender composition on expressions of positive emotions while controlling for the strength of connection between the conversing users. Our findings show that compared to men, women express positive emotions more, especially when interacting with other women. Our findings help the understanding of gender-driven communication patterns in social media, and offer insights for the study of emotion and language.
AB - In this study, we analyzed the language use on Twitter personal exchanges as well as properties of the users' networks, to study the influence of gender composition on expressions of positive emotions while controlling for the strength of connection between the conversing users. Our findings show that compared to men, women express positive emotions more, especially when interacting with other women. Our findings help the understanding of gender-driven communication patterns in social media, and offer insights for the study of emotion and language.
KW - communication
KW - emotion
KW - linguistics
KW - social media
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U2 - 10.1145/2141512.2141562
DO - 10.1145/2141512.2141562
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858263099
SN - 9781450310512
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 139
EP - 142
BT - CSCW'12 - Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion
Y2 - 11 February 2012 through 15 February 2012
ER -