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Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis

This study examined the gender roles on patterns of online interaction and organisation in weblogs for UiTM students. Twelve students, six male and six female from Faculty of Computer Science participated in the study. The aim of this study is to compare the gender differences based on the metalingu...

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Main Authors: Fang Jing, Jean Hoo, Mohsin, Nur'ain, Abdul Azis, Rafidah
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2011
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/18221/2/LP_JEAN%20HOO%20FANG%20JING%20RMI%2011_5.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.182212019-11-11T04:06:10Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/18221/ Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis Fang Jing, Jean Hoo Mohsin, Nur'ain Abdul Azis, Rafidah This study examined the gender roles on patterns of online interaction and organisation in weblogs for UiTM students. Twelve students, six male and six female from Faculty of Computer Science participated in the study. The aim of this study is to compare the gender differences based on the metalinguistic features used by the students to portray their identity online in the context of social construction. A qualitative research design was adopted in the data collection. This study implemented a single case study and Direct-observation was used as the instrumentation. Percentile was applied to measure differences and similarities of gender roles in the Weblog. The results indicated that there were no distinctive gender differences in the created weblog in this study. It can be concluded that the significance of this study is to view the ways weblog community is expected to interact (norms) based on gender roles in weblogs. Due to the fact that weblogs are easy to use, free to the public, and encourage self- expression as well as self-presentation, their application in the educational environment is worth considering. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2011 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/18221/2/LP_JEAN%20HOO%20FANG%20JING%20RMI%2011_5.pdf Fang Jing, Jean Hoo and Mohsin, Nur'ain and Abdul Azis, Rafidah (2011) Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
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description This study examined the gender roles on patterns of online interaction and organisation in weblogs for UiTM students. Twelve students, six male and six female from Faculty of Computer Science participated in the study. The aim of this study is to compare the gender differences based on the metalinguistic features used by the students to portray their identity online in the context of social construction. A qualitative research design was adopted in the data collection. This study implemented a single case study and Direct-observation was used as the instrumentation. Percentile was applied to measure differences and similarities of gender roles in the Weblog. The results indicated that there were no distinctive gender differences in the created weblog in this study. It can be concluded that the significance of this study is to view the ways weblog community is expected to interact (norms) based on gender roles in weblogs. Due to the fact that weblogs are easy to use, free to the public, and encourage self- expression as well as self-presentation, their application in the educational environment is worth considering.
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author Fang Jing, Jean Hoo
Mohsin, Nur'ain
Abdul Azis, Rafidah
spellingShingle Fang Jing, Jean Hoo
Mohsin, Nur'ain
Abdul Azis, Rafidah
Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
author_facet Fang Jing, Jean Hoo
Mohsin, Nur'ain
Abdul Azis, Rafidah
author_sort Fang Jing, Jean Hoo
title Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
title_short Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
title_full Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
title_fullStr Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
title_full_unstemmed Gender roles in weblog online interaction among UiTM students / Jean Hoo Fang Jing, Nur'ain Mohsin and Rafidah Abdul Azis
title_sort gender roles in weblog online interaction among uitm students / jean hoo fang jing, nur'ain mohsin and rafidah abdul azis
publisher Research Management Institute (RMI)
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/18221/2/LP_JEAN%20HOO%20FANG%20JING%20RMI%2011_5.pdf
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