Exploration of Gender Differences in COVID-19 Discourse on Reddit

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.05713v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:29:24 GMT
• Title: Exploration of Gender Differences in COVID-19 Discourse on Reddit
• Authors: Jai Aggarwal, Ella Rabinovich, Suzanne Stevenson
• Abstract summary: We show that gender-linked affective distinctions are amplified in social media postings involving emotionally-charged discourse related to COVID-19. Our analysis also confirms considerable differences in topical preferences between male and female authors in spontaneous pandemic-related discussions.
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• Abstract: Decades of research on differences in the language of men and women have established postulates about preferences in lexical, topical, and emotional expression between the two genders, along with their sociological underpinnings. Using a novel dataset of male and female linguistic productions collected from the Reddit discussion platform, we further confirm existing assumptions about gender-linked affective distinctions, and demonstrate that these distinctions are amplified in social media postings involving emotionally-charged discourse related to COVID-19. Our analysis also confirms considerable differences in topical preferences between male and female authors in spontaneous pandemic-related discussions.

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