Re: [Gendergap] Study on Wikipedia's communication environment and gender gap

[Sarah Stierch]

That's a great question...even on the wikifeminism wikia wiki...we have NO
drama!

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On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Krystle  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  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: > article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104880>
>>
>> Link to Spanish language news article: > vida/20141027/54417582364/las-mujeres-usan-mas-palabras-
>> sociales-y-son-mas-constructivas-en-discusiones.html>
>>
>> ~gobonobo
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Re: [Gendergap] Study on Wikipedia's communication environment and gender gap

[Krystle]

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  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:  article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0104880>
>
> Link to Spanish language news article:  vida/20141027/54417582364/las-mujeres-usan-mas-palabras-
> sociales-y-son-mas-constructivas-en-discusiones.html>
>
> ~gobonobo
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