The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions
An experimental design was employed in the investigation of the impact of two status cues, language style and source expertise, on people’s perceptions of online political discussants and their intentions and motivations to participate in local online political discussion fora. Specifically, the c...
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| author | Tan, Kenny W. P. Swee, Debbie Lim, Corinne Detenber, Benjamin H. Alsagoff, Lubna |
| author2 | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information |
| author_facet | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Tan, Kenny W. P. Swee, Debbie Lim, Corinne Detenber, Benjamin H. Alsagoff, Lubna |
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| description | An experimental design was employed in the investigation of the impact of two status
cues, language style and source expertise, on people’s perceptions of online political discussants and their intentions and motivations to participate in local online political
discussion fora. Specifically, the colloquial form of Singapore English, known as Singlish, was manipulated, together with information about the expertise of a discussant, in
a 2 3 2 between-subjects factorial design, with the discussion issue manipulated as
a within-subjects variable. Eighty undergraduates, 42 male and 38 female, participated
in the study. Overall, the results of this study provide very limited support for the significant effects of status cues on perceptions and participation. The implications of the
results of this study for theories of computer-mediated communication and linguistics
in the context of the Internet are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1436962020-09-17T02:36:45Z The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions Tan, Kenny W. P. Swee, Debbie Lim, Corinne Detenber, Benjamin H. Alsagoff, Lubna Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social sciences::Communication Computer-mediated Communication Factorial design An experimental design was employed in the investigation of the impact of two status cues, language style and source expertise, on people’s perceptions of online political discussants and their intentions and motivations to participate in local online political discussion fora. Specifically, the colloquial form of Singapore English, known as Singlish, was manipulated, together with information about the expertise of a discussant, in a 2 3 2 between-subjects factorial design, with the discussion issue manipulated as a within-subjects variable. Eighty undergraduates, 42 male and 38 female, participated in the study. Overall, the results of this study provide very limited support for the significant effects of status cues on perceptions and participation. The implications of the results of this study for theories of computer-mediated communication and linguistics in the context of the Internet are discussed. Published version 2020-09-17T02:36:45Z 2020-09-17T02:36:45Z 2007 Journal Article Tan, K. W. P., Swee, D., Lim, C., Detenber, B. H., & Alsagoff, L. (2007). The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), 76-99. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00387.x 1083-6101 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143696 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00387.x 1 13 76 99 en Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication © 2008 International Communication Association. All rights reserved. This paper was published by Oxford University Press in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and is made available with permission of International Communication Association application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Communication Computer-mediated Communication Factorial design Tan, Kenny W. P. Swee, Debbie Lim, Corinne Detenber, Benjamin H. Alsagoff, Lubna The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title | The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title_full | The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title_fullStr | The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title_short | The impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| title_sort | impact of language variety and expertise on perceptions of online political discussions |
| topic | Social sciences::Communication Computer-mediated Communication Factorial design |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143696 |
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