Gender, Social Context, and Backchannel Responses

Dixon and Foster examined gender differences and the influence of social context in backchanneling, or the reaction of listeners to use verbal and nonverbal signals in conversations. They found no significant main effects for speaker gender for either verbal, or nonverbal, backchannels.

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 1998-02, Vol.138 (1), p.134-136
Main Authors: Dixon, J. A., Foster, D. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attention
Audiences
Biological and medical sciences
Coding
Competition
Cross Cultural Studies
Death
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Group Dynamics
Humans
Individual Differences
Interpersonal Communication
Language
Listening
Male
Males
Nonverbal Communication
Opposite Sex Relations
Production and perception of spoken language
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Research Design
Resistance (Psychology)
Sex
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Sexes
Social Conditions
Social Environment
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
South Africa
Undergraduate Students
Verbal communication
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Summary:Dixon and Foster examined gender differences and the influence of social context in backchanneling, or the reaction of listeners to use verbal and nonverbal signals in conversations. They found no significant main effects for speaker gender for either verbal, or nonverbal, backchannels.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224549809600364