scholarly journals Gender and the privacy paradox in Chinese college students’ locative dating communication

2021 ◽  
pp. 205943642110173
Author(s):  
Altman Yuzhu Peng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Privacy Management ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
Privacy Paradox ◽  
Media Applications

This article explores the role gender plays in addressing the privacy paradox in the context of young Chinese people’s locative dating communication. Based on a case study of 19 Chinese college students, I explore differing privacy management strategies adopted by female and male participants in their use of WeChat People Nearby. This gendered phenomenon reveals how People Nearby works within patriarchal Chinese society to pose more privacy-related risks to women than to men in locative dating communication. The research findings shed new light on the socio-technological processes through which existing gender power relations are reproduced in young Chinese people’s use of locative social media applications.

scholarly journals An Error Analysis of the Word Class: A Case Study of Chinese College Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Lixin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Word Class ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Class A ◽  
Word Classes

The paper reports a study on the errors in word classes made by Chinese college students in their writings. From the CLEC, all the errors tagged as [wd2] were collected, and then a general overview of the errors among 4 groups of college students was given. After that, the first 100 errors with the greatest frequency were sorted out from all the errors. They were further classified into 8 categories according to the wrongly used word classes. Based on the actual errors in the CLEC, possible causes of these errors were identified and analyzed. Finally, potential implications for English teaching and learning were discussed and suggestions were put forward.

scholarly journals Promoting Effects of Computer Scoring on English Learning of College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (07) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Siwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Structural Learning ◽  
Promoting Effect ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Computer Scoring ◽  
Research Findings

In the age of economic globalization, it is important for college students to master such an international language as English. The computer scoring is an effective tool to enhance their ability of English learning. Drawing on theories of formative assessment and structural learning, this paper mainly verifies the promoting effect of computer scoring on English learning among college students. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey, and a case study was carried out on a scoring website for English writing. The results show that: formative assessment and structural learning lay the theoretical basis for computer scoring; college students generally recognize that computer scoring system greatly enhances their ability and enthusiasm of English learning; the target computer scoring system (www.pigai.org) facilitates autonomous learning under teacher supervision, with the functions on student and teacher interfaces. The research findings greatly promote the development of computer scoring and English learning among college students.

Use of SNSs, Political Efficacy, and Civic Engagement among Chinese College Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Xu ◽  
Lingling Qi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Political Voice

Almost half of China's 564 million netizens are using social networking websites (SNSs). Based on the growing popularity of native SNSs, this study aims to examine whether the younger generation feels more actively engaged in civic and political activities. A survey of 471 Chinese college students in Mainland China explored the effects of SNS use on political efficacy and civic engagement. Among the four identified gratifications of SNS use, social connection significantly predicted internal political efficacy and political voice. Entertainment negatively predicted both external political efficacy and political voice, while information seeking had no influence on either political efficacy or civic engagement. SNS network size emerged as a positive predictor of civic engagement, including electoral activities and political voice. Intensity of SNS use had no significant effect on any of the political outcomes. The results of the study shed light on the role of SNSs in the democratization of Chinese society.

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