The Role of Gender in Perceived Speaker Competence: An Analysis of Student Peer Critiques

Autor/inn/en	Sellnow, Deanna; Treinen, Kristen
Titel	The Role of Gender in Perceived Speaker Competence: An Analysis of Student Peer Critiques
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 53 (2004) 3, S.286-296 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Gender Bias; Speeches; Evaluators; Public Speaking; Peer Evaluation; Performance; Gender Differences; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterstereotyp; Vortrag; Achievement; Leistung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Collegestudent
Abstract	Previous research suggests that college students bring gender biases to their evaluations of male and female instructors. Increasingly, college oral communication classes are utilizing peer evaluation of student speeches. This study of 330 student evaluators at a Midwestern university examined gender bias in student peer evaluations of public speeches. Findings indicated that neither speaker sex nor sex of the student evaluator affected overall ratings of speaking competence. Formality of attire, however, did influence the ratings and types of comments provided to speakers. Speaker sex did influence the degree to which evaluators were persuaded and the types of comments given by student evaluators, however. Positive open-ended comments about female speakers were limited to remarks about quality of external sources, whereas positive comments addressed to male speakers covered a wider range of attributes. In general, results encourage use of peer evaluations of public speaking performance, since they appear to be relatively immune to extraneous biases. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10