Using E-mail for Personal Relationships
| Autor: | Robert E. Kraut, David Frohlich, Bonka Boneva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Cultural Studies
Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology education 05 social sciences General Social Sciences 050801 communication & media studies 050109 social psychology Advertising Electronic mail Education 0508 media and communications Phone 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias glossaries) Social psychology Period (music) |
| Zdroj: | American Behavioral Scientist. 45:530-549 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3381 0002-7642 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00027640121957204 |
| Popis: | Do the gender differences found when men and women maintain personal relationships in person and on the phone also emerge when they use electronic mail? Alternately, does e-mail change these ways of interacting? The authors explore the types of relationships women and men maintain by e-mail, differences in their e-mail use locally and at a distance, and differences in the contents of messages they send. The findings are based on qualitative and quantitative data collected during a 4-year period. These data suggest that using e-mail to communicate with relatives and friends replicates preexisting gender differences. Compared to men, women find e-mail contact with friends and family more gratifying. Women are more likely than men to maintain kin relationships by e-mail. They are more likely than men to use e-mail to keep in touch with people who live far away. Women's messages sent to people far away are more filled with personal content and are more likely to be exchanged in intense burst. The fit between women's expressive styles and the features of e-mail seems to be making it especially easy for women to expand their distant social networks. |
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