Shogo Payne, Olivia Brown, Jade Reyes-Reid, Ricardo Muñoz, Priscella Yun Stereotypically, people consider TikTok influencers to be vapid and unimportant. However, through our research on the language of TikTok influencers, we have found that through particular lexical choices, influencers establish their niche within the beauty industry by appealing to the emotions of viewers, becoming vessels […]
Influencer Speech and Indexicality Read Post »
Kathryn Cunningham, Anna Tobey, Leia Broughton, Maya Athwal, Nicole Pacheco Note: This article was written in Spring 2024, prior to Biden stepping down from the presidential race and Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. Are all news headlines made equal? For our project, we analyzed the potential effects of framing in online news headlines on
Political Polarization: Why are you fighting in the comment section? Read Post »
Elizabeth Escamilla, Penelope Hernandez, Kenzie MacDougal, Jason Ye Human interaction is complex and, at a sociolinguistic level, can be challenging to parse. With that in mind, we chose to analyze celebrity interviews — definite and structured slices of conversation whose participants were conscious of the invisible future viewer. Informed and inspired by studies such as
Dialogues of Fame: Unveiling Gender Dynamics in Celebrity Interviews Read Post »
Jasmin Carranza, Andres Guzman, Luwuam Haile, Armine Mkrtchyan, Tzlil Pinhassi Social media plays a significant role in the lives of college students, shaping how they connect, communicate, and express themselves. Given its pervasive influence, it is natural to assume that they would have an understanding of their own language use online. This study works to
Social Media Use Among College Students Read Post »
Shaveon Sisson, Daria Avtukh, Chelsea Garcia, Frieda Lopez Mesina When it comes to humor, women are typically criticized for being less funny or for trying too hard to be funny. There is a sense of discrimination and inequality when it comes to comedy and gender. Asking the questions, how do sex differences have an effect
The Gender Playbook of Stand-Up Comedy Read Post »
Antoinette Woodson, Sydney Hesel, Paolo Barrientos, Amar Ebrahim, Nada Gad Our research project functions to explore the different communication patterns and tendencies between males and females on social media. More specifically how these gender dynamics influence the communication styles. Our motivations for the research stem from our own personal experiences with gender stereotypes on social
Differences in Gender Expressions Online Read Post »
Jessica Chou, Kelly Yatsko and Alexandra Flores Every Black, Indigenous and person of color (BIPOC) in America has likely code-switched in social interactions, either consciously or unconsciously. Code-switching, or the practice of alternating between two languages or varieties of language, is common amongst people of color when speaking to other BIPOC individuals as opposed to
Sherry Zhou, Amo O’Neil, Jared Ramil, Juliana Rodas, Thalia Rothman Our paper seeks to analyze the ways in which flirting and romantic communication has changed, in regards to both gender and societal norms. In doing so, we collected and analyzed data regarding the frequencies and distribution of flirting between main characters of five different romantic
Lane Dreslin, Alison Johnson, Kyra Magda, Emily Posner, Eliana Shyley Simhai UCLA’s student review website, BruinWalk, has approximately 18,800 users and 85,000-course reviews (Danesh & Danesh, 2021). Student evaluations are a pivotal research for several students, however, a 2021 study found that “student evaluations of teaching seem to measure conformity with gendered expectations, rather than
Assessing Gender Bias in Praise Language on UCLA BruinWalk Read Post »
Justine Jue, Myra Abdallah, Julia Gevorgian, Ryan Bowman Alcohol consumption does not just affect the way you may act, but can also have a great effect on what you say as well. In this study, we determine how alcohol consumption affects the ways young adults communicate and articulate their speech. Our research focused on articulation,
Inebriated Communication: Determining Alcohol’s Effect on Young Adults’ Speech Patterns Read Post »