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Title	The gendered interaction of chat : a sociolinguistic study of Internet Relay Chat
Author	Peddle, Jessica, 1973-
Description	Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. Linguistics
Date	2001
Pagination	viii, 152 leaves
Subject	Online chat groups; Internet Relay Chat; Conversation--Social aspects
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Linguistics
Discipline	Linguistics
Language	eng
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 124-135
Abstract	Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been of great interest in recent years due to the unique "testing ground" it offers to language and gender researchers. This thesis examines the broader issues of CMC on the narrower scale of chat within a sociolinguistic perspective, paying particular attention to gender. Previously observed gender issues found in real life (RL) interactions are reviewed as well as those found in other forms of CMC (e.g., listservs) to determine if they are found in chat, and to what degree. The focus of this investigation is one channel in particular, one that is typical of the social meeting places that abound in Internet Relay Chat (IRC). The examined variables are participation, emoticons, emotext, and actions. In addition to traditional gender theories, newer approaches to the study of gender and language, such as the notion of "gender as performance" and the concept of the "community of practice, " are also applied to the findings obtained from the chat medium.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a1541769
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(17.49 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Peddle_Jessica.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	175185.cpd