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Preferences of 'Online Personalities' among Males and Females in Online Communication

Item 14 of the survey questionnaire is a follow-up question to item 13, where respondents are asked to state their preferred 'online personalities' in the hypothetical personas of Jim and Frank. For items 13 and 14, the researchers attempt to identify how perceived notions of an individual are affected by online communication. This means that different standards and qualifications of the 'desired partner' are constructed when respondents are utilizing online communication. In effect, 'online personalities' are constructed and developed by the respondents in interacting via online communication. Male and female respondents' preferences of these online personalities also vary, and the table and chart below illustrates these differences.


Table 1. Preferences of 'Online Personalities' among Male and Female Respondents

Gender

Preference

Jim

Frank

Male

Female n=

Data generated from the survey illustrated that among males and females, Jim's personality emerges as the most desirable, while Frank's weak personality 'appealed' only to a total of 17 respondents. Data presented here are based on frequencies of the respondents' preferences, since the sample (n=80) is not big enough to make generalizations that would be converted to percentages to provide a more general overview of the data distribution.

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