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FACEBOOK VS FACETOFACE DISCOURSE IN ENGLISH A GENDERBASED STUDY OF CONVERSATIONAL STYLES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).20      10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).20      Published : Jun 2023

Facebook vs. Face-to-Face Discourse in English: A Gender-Based Study of Conversational Styles

Abstract

    The study highlights the major differences between Face-to-face and Facebook conversations while considering the gender-based patterns in the respective conversational styles.The authors have used an open-ended questionnaire to conduct qualitative research to make it possible. The sample consisted of 12 people aged 18-25 from different universities in Pakistan who used Facebook daily. The study finds out that face-to-face conversations are the preferred mode of conversation mainly by women as being on Facebook gives them a degree of lenience which face-to-face conversations lack. The comfortable environment on Facebook makes it more comfortable for them to be more expressive. Facebook has broken the cross-gender barriers and has made people aware that having cross-gender conversations while staying within a limit is possible, and society is slowly accepting it. The study has far-reaching implications for social media researchers as they can have further research probes into socio-cognitive dimensions of the issue from a behavioural science perspective.

    Facebook, Face-to-Face, Conversation Style, Gender, Social Media

    (1) Samita Fatima
    Undergraduate Scholar, (BS – English), Department of English, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Nimra Nawaz
    Undergraduate Scholar, (BS – English), Department of English, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Sabboor Hussain
    Professor, Department of English, University of Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Fatima, S., Nawaz, N., & Hussain, M. S. (2023). Facebook vs. Face-to-Face Discourse in English: A Gender-Based Study of Conversational Styles. Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI(II), 288-298. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).20

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    CHICAGO : Fatima, Samita, Nimra Nawaz, and Muhammad Sabboor Hussain. 2023. "Facebook vs. Face-to-Face Discourse in English: A Gender-Based Study of Conversational Styles." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI (II): 288-298 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).20

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    MLA : Fatima, Samita, Nimra Nawaz, and Muhammad Sabboor Hussain. "Facebook vs. Face-to-Face Discourse in English: A Gender-Based Study of Conversational Styles." Global Digital & Print Media Review, VI.II (2023): 288-298 Print.

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    TURABIAN : Fatima, Samita, Nimra Nawaz, and Muhammad Sabboor Hussain. "Facebook vs. Face-to-Face Discourse in English: A Gender-Based Study of Conversational Styles." Global Digital & Print Media Review VI, no. II (2023): 288-298. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2023(VI-II).20