Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs

By David A. Huffaker, Sandra L. Calvert. 2006

680 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Human-Computer Interaction

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Artificial Intelligence

In Communication

In Human-Computer Interaction

Citations in the corpus

"Blissfully Happy" or "Ready toFight": Varying Interpretations of Emoji (2016, background): “…" (Walther and D'Addario 2001) such as :), have been in use in text-based communication since at least the early 1980s, with numerous studies documenting their prevalence in SMS texts (Tossell et al. 2012), blogs (Huffaker and Calvert 2006), and, more recently , Twitter (Park et al. 2013).”
Developing Age and Gender Predictive Lexica over Social Media (2014, background): “, 2014; Pennebaker and Stone, 2003) and gender (Huffaker and Calvert, 2005).”
Introduction: Sociolinguistics and computer-mediated communication (2006, background): “…and Calvert (2005) found that ‘blogs operated by young males and females are more alike than different’ and that male teenage bloggers use more emoticons than females, while the latter ‘are not using language that is more passive, accommodating, or cooperative’ (Huffaker and Calvert 2005: 19).”
Anonymity and Self-Disclosure on Weblogs (2007, methodology): “As in interpersonal relationships, self-disclosure has been found to be an effective tool for self-presentation management and relationship construction on blogs (e.g., Bortree, 2005; Huffaker & Calvert, 2005; Trammell and Keshelashvili, 2005).”
lol: new language and spelling in instant messaging (2010, background): “…in instant messaging and the use of other forms of electronic communication, with Lee (2003) finding that female college students use more emoticons in instant messaging than do males and Huffaker and Calvert (2005) finding that adolescent males use more emoticons in blogging than do females.”
Web Content Analysis: Expanding the Paradigm (2009, methodology): “Huffaker and Calvert (2005) analyzed language style in teenage blogs, using the DICTION analysis software to classify lexical items in relation to assertiveness and emotion. Similarly, Balog, Mishe, and de Rijke (2006) analyzed the occurrence of emotion words (such as "excited," "worried," and "sad"”
Functions of the Nonverbal in CMC: Emoticons and Illocutionary Force (2010, background): “Moreover, Huffaker and Calvert (2005) found that teenage male bloggers used more ''flirty'' and ''sad'' emoticons than did teenage female bloggers, and used slightly more emoticons overall, although the overall difference was not statistically significant.”
Cyber-Bullying: Developing Policy to Direct Responses that are Equitable and Effective in Addressing This Special Form of Bullying. (2006, background): “As a result, Huffaker and Calvert (2005) contend scholars and educators need to further examine blogs as a communication and educational tool, which the authors insist “are important for teachers, parents and researchers who are interested in computermediated communication, online communities,…”
Ethnographic Approaches to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication (2009, background): “There is a large body of research on emoticons in text-based CMC which ethnographers should be familiar with (see, for example, Mann and Stewart 2000 and 2002; see also Huffaker and Calvert 2005; Riva 2002).”
Who blogs? Personality predictors of blogging (2008, background): “…highly personal information but are also at least somewhat identifiable – studies have cited self report data indicating that somewhere from 33% to 70% of all bloggers provide identifying information such as their names on their blogs (Herring et al., 2005b; Huffaker & Calvert, 2005; Viegas, 2005).”
Self-Presentation and Interaction in Blogs of Adolescents and Young Emerging Adults (2010, background): “However, Huffaker and Calvert (2005) found no gender differences in the frequency of teenage bloggers’ discussions regarding personal relationships.”