Atanasova, A. (2016). Gender-Specific Behaviors on Social Media and What They Mean for Online Communications. Social Media Today.

Atanasova breaks down social media into different usage categories. Under each category, she goes into further detail to how the usage differs between the genders of the users. Atanasova discusses the different communicative ways that genders interact on social media. This relates to my topic because this resource supports that there are differences between gender and communication, and it translates into how the different genders use social media (communication apps). This is useful because this is one of the facets of my project. Therefore, I can use this as one of my weekly topics. It also relates to some of the Chapters within the textbook I found.

Gender Differences in Communication Styles. (2017). Point Park University.

This article is useful because it gives a brief introduction to what this “Course” would be. To begin, it gives a summary of the purpose of communication, the nonverbal cues and how they differ amongst the genders. This is useful because it speaks about the important parts of nonverbal communication, in a very simple way. This can be used as a beginning of the course reading to get the “Students” interested in the topic, and get their brains turning about what else they will learn.

Goman, C.K. Is Your Communication Style Dictated by Your Gender? (2016). Forbes.

Goman (2016) discusses some strengths, and weakness within communication for each gender. She continues by giving further descriptions and examples about how these can be seen in real life experiences. This is helpful because it provides examples a more detailed example, of communication, particularly in the workplace. This is useful because it allows for the “Students” to understand how differences between gender and communication may be seen within their everyday routines.

Kakol-Dworak, P. (2019). Does Gender Affect Communication? Politechnika Rzesowska. DOI: 10.7862/rz.2019.hss.26

Kakol-Dworak, discusses the influence of gender on verbal and nonverbal communication. This is a research study that focused on identifying a relationship between gender and communication. One of the focuses was on nonverbal gestures which is also briefly discussed in one of the articles above. This source helps tie together what the “Students” would be learning in this course. In addition, gets them thinking about how a true research project would work.

Palczeweksi, C.H, DeFrancisco V.P., & McGeough, D.D. (2018). Gender in Communication. Sage Publications Inc.

       Palczeweksi et al. (2018) is a textbook that would be extremely helpful to this course. The different chapters can be used as the main set of knowledge that supports all of the articles mentioned above. The textbook would create the foundation information for the “Students” and the articles will make the connection to how it can be seen in everyday life. There are 3 chapters of the textbook that will be focused on. Chapter 2: Theories of Gender and Communication, Chapter 3: Gendered Sexed/Voices, and Chapter 11:Media. This is useful because as I stated it gives the educational background that needs to be given when learning about something new, and the articles all relate to what they are reading in the textbooks.

Schniter, E. & Shields, T.W. (2020). Gender, Stereotypes, and Trust in Communication. Human Nature, 31, 296-321.   

                  Schniter and Shields (2020) write about Gender, Stereotypes and Trust in Communication. This is helpful because it is an important lead for discussion. This is something we have had a brief discussion on in our own class, so it ties together what we have learned in our class, and my independent project. Discussing gender, and the stereotypes that exist within gender and how it influences communication can be very helpful to the everyday life experiences that these “Students” will be experiencing, as not everyone identifies the same as the person next to them, and has possible has different communication styles than what is believed to be expected of their gender.