Abstract
Email has become a widespread medium of communication between students and their instructors, however; there is a limited amount of research on instructional role and uses of email in academic context. The present study investigated the communication strategies in email messages sent by Iranian EFL students to their male instructors in relation to their socioeconomic status (such as family income and education level). Moreover, the relationships between communication strategies and gender were examined. Email message sent by male and female students to their male instructors during the academic year 2012-2013 were analyzed for communication strategies (requesting, negotiating, reporting, social). The results of quantitative and qualitative statistics revealed that there were significant relationships between communication strategies and participants’ socioeconomic status. In addition, there were significant relationships between communication strategies and gender.
Highlights
Technology has brought a paradigm shift in social life and communication
Are there any significant relationships between communication strategies employed by Iranian EFL students and their socioeconomic status in email communications with male university instructors?
This study continued this line of research by examining communication strategies in email messages written by MA students in relation to their socioeconomic status and gender
Summary
Technology has brought a paradigm shift in social life and communication. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has impacted the daily life of people and their interactions. With the advent of information communication technology (ICT) and Internet, people have had the opportunities to use services such as electronic mail or instant messaging, the means by which they obtain and maintain social communications (Rice, Shepherd, Dutton & Katz, 2007). Asynchronous mediums such as email and discussion groups were preferred to synchronous tools (Hsu, Wang, & Comac, 2008; Hurd & Murphy, 2005). “there is cause for concern with regard to some of the more vulnerable groups (families with young children, the unemployed, the physically and socially isolated, the elderly, disabled people and those living in rural and remote areas) where a complex set of factors can restrict internet access and use” “there is cause for concern with regard to some of the more vulnerable groups (families with young children, the unemployed, the physically and socially isolated, the elderly, disabled people and those living in rural and remote areas) where a complex set of factors can restrict internet access and use” (Jones, 2010, p. 3)
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