#HappyAnniversary: Gender and Age Differences in Spouses’ and Partners’ Twitter Greetings

Abstract: Research and theory suggest that men, on average, are inhibited from expressing vulnerable emotions such as love, whereas women do so more readily. Based on theories of gender socialization and social media uses and gratifications, we conducted a content analysis of gender differences in the domain of wedding and other relationship anniversary greetings delivered on Twitter (N = 414 tweets). We tested for gender as well as age differences in three areas: symbolic (emoji), photographic, and verbal content. As hypothesized, women were more likely to use emojis than were men. Most tweeters who included photographs in their greetings used photos of themselves and their partners today, although some subgroups of men and women preferred photos from their weddings. Age-related differences were clear: young-adult tweeters preferred symbolic emojis to deliver their anniversary greetings, whereas older/middle-aged adults opted for verbal/textual communication, particularly in the areas of tr.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/3799

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: #HappyAnniversary: Gender and Age Differences in Spouses’ and Partners’ Twitter Greetings ; volume:14 ; number:1 ; day:02 ; month:07 ; year:2020 ; Interpersona ; 14, Heft 1 (02.07.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Alan Reifman ; Mykaela Ursua-Benitez ; Sylvia Niehuis ; Emma Willis-Grossmann ; McKinley Thacker

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.v14i1.3799
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101214254037444439
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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