#Happyanniversary: Gender and age differences in spouses’ and partners’ Twitter greetings

Q2 Social Sciences

Interpersona Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.5964/ijpr.v14i1.3799

A. Reifman, Mykaela Ursua-Benitez, S. Niehuis, Emma Willis‐Grossmann, McKinley Thacker

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Abstract

Research and theory suggest that men, on average, are inhibited from expressing vulnerable emotions such as love, whereas women do so more readily. Based on theories of gender socialization and social media uses and gratifications, we conducted a content analysis of gender differences in the domain of wedding and other relationship anniversary greetings delivered on Twitter (N = 414 tweets). We tested for gender as well as age differences in three areas: symbolic (emoji), photographic, and verbal content. As hypothesized, women were more likely to use emojis than were men. Most tweeters who included photographs in their greetings used photos of themselves and their partners today, although some subgroups of men and women preferred photos from their weddings. Age-related differences were clear: young-adult tweeters preferred symbolic emojis to deliver their anniversary greetings, whereas older/middle-aged adults opted for verbal/textual communication, particularly in the areas of tribute and inspirational statements and humor. Results are discussed in terms of gender-role socialization, social and cultural norms, and modes of communication (e.g., written letters and notes, smartphone texts) during different historical eras.

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#周年快乐:配偶和伴侣推特问候的性别和年龄差异

研究和理论表明，平均而言，男性在表达诸如爱之类的脆弱情感时受到抑制，而女性则更容易这样做。基于性别社会化理论和社交媒体使用与满足理论，我们对Twitter上发布的结婚和其他关系周年贺词(N = 414条推文)的性别差异进行了内容分析。我们在三个方面测试了性别和年龄差异:符号(表情符号)、照片和口头内容。正如假设的那样，女性比男性更喜欢使用表情符号。大多数在问候中附上照片的推特用户使用的是他们自己和伴侣的照片，尽管有一小部分男性和女性更喜欢他们婚礼时的照片。与年龄相关的差异很明显:年轻的推特用户更喜欢象征性的表情符号来表达他们的周年纪念问候，而年长/中年的人则选择口头/文字交流，尤其是在致敬、鼓舞人心的言论和幽默方面。研究结果讨论了不同历史时期的性别角色社会化、社会和文化规范以及交流模式(例如，书面信件和笔记、智能手机文本)。

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Interpersona Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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1.00

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38 weeks

期刊介绍： 1) Interpersona aims at promoting scholarship in the field of interpersonal relationships based on different methodologies and stemming from several disciplines, including Psychology, Family Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, Management Science, Biology, Health Sciences, History, and others. Interpersona aims at contributing to the collective construction of an Interpersonal Relationship Science. 2) Manuscripts examining a wide range of relationships, including close or intimate relationships and weak or temporary ties, are welcome. Some examples are indicated below: Biology - Biological foundations of human relationships: physiological and neurobiological phenomena related to interpersonal interactions. The evolutionary foundations of interpersonal relationships including comparative and animal studies of social interactions. Psychology and Family Studies: close or intimate relations including romantic relationships, family relationships and friendship. Family relationships encompass spouses, parents and children, siblings, and other relations among nuclear and extended family members.[...] 3) In addition to original empirical (qualitative or quantitative) research, theoretical or methodological contributions, integrative reviews, meta-analyses, comparative or historical studies, and critical assessments of the status of the field are welcome as submissions. 4) Interpersona is a totally free access journal and readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles without any charge. All papers are peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board or ad-hoc reviewers under the supervision of an editor. [...] 5) All Interpersona content is available in full text with no charge. All submitted papers are reviewed by at least two referees before being accepted for publication.