Does Gender Play a Role in Text Messaging?

The Digital Chameleon: Factors Affecting Perceptions of Convergence in Computer-Mediated Communication

“…In group dynamics, there are frequent differences in how subsets of a group (i.e., in-group/out-group) communicate (i.e., self-categorization theory; Turner et al, 1987). Indeed, compared to males, females are more social-oriented (Ilie et al, 2005) and sensitive to emotional cues in texts (Ceccucci et al, 2013), as well as more likely to use exclamatory punctuation (Baron & Ling, 2011) and emoticons (Al Rousan et al, 2011). Further, some studies have found differences in how one is perceived based on their textism use, including one study that found differences in likability based upon the sender's sex and that affectionate emojis were perceived as more appropriate coming from females (Butterworth et al, 2019).…”