Words on screens : Women’s names in mobile phone contact lists in Jordan

Other Title(s)

كلمات على الشاشات : أسماء النساء في قوائم اتصال الهواتف المحمولة في الأردن

Joint Authors

Darwish, Ibrahim
Abu Ayn, Nurah

Source

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts

Issue

Vol. 17, Issue 2 (31 Oct. 2020), pp.737-746, 10 p.

Publisher

Association of Arab universities The Scientific Society of Faculties of Arts

Publication Date

2020-10-31

Country of Publication

Jordan

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Media and Communication

Abstract EN

This study investigates how male Jordanians store the names of their female relatives in mobile phones contact lists.

The source of the data is a small-scale survey of 90 male Jordanians from three equal age cohorts: young (18-35), middle-aged (36-49) and old (+50).

The participants’ responses were coded in an excel sheet in which each token was coded for either [r] (real name) or [p] (pseudonym).

Using Rbrul for quantitative analysis, the data were analysed within the framework of variationist sociolinguistics.

The results show that male Jordanian city dwellers store the real names of their female relatives in mobile phone contact lists more than the village dwellers.

With regard to age as a social factor, the findings demonstrate that the young and old groups are less sensitive about using the real names of their female relatives than the middle-aged group.

The results were interpreted with reference to the changing roles of women in Jordan and social pressure.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Darwish, Ibrahim& Abu Ayn, Nurah. 2020. Words on screens : Women’s names in mobile phone contact lists in Jordan. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts،Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.737-746.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270208

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Darwish, Ibrahim& Abu Ayn, Nurah. Words on screens : Women’s names in mobile phone contact lists in Jordan. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts Vol. 17, no. 2 (Oct. 2020), pp.737-746.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270208

American Medical Association (AMA)

Darwish, Ibrahim& Abu Ayn, Nurah. Words on screens : Women’s names in mobile phone contact lists in Jordan. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts. 2020. Vol. 17, no. 2, pp.737-746.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1270208

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Record ID

BIM-1270208