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Vocal Fry May Undermine the Success of Young Women in the Labor Market

Vocal fry is speech that is low pitched and creaky sounding, and is increasingly common among young American females. Some argue that vocal fry enhances speaker labor market perceptions while others argue that vocal fry is perceived negatively and can damage job prospects. In a large national sample...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Rindy C., Klofstad, Casey A., Mayew, William J., Venkatachalam, Mohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24870387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097506
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description Vocal fry is speech that is low pitched and creaky sounding, and is increasingly common among young American females. Some argue that vocal fry enhances speaker labor market perceptions while others argue that vocal fry is perceived negatively and can damage job prospects. In a large national sample of American adults we find that vocal fry is interpreted negatively. Relative to a normal speaking voice, young adult female voices exhibiting vocal fry are perceived as less competent, less educated, less trustworthy, less attractive, and less hirable. The negative perceptions of vocal fry are stronger for female voices relative to male voices. These results suggest that young American females should avoid using vocal fry speech in order to maximize labor market opportunities.
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spelling pubmed-40371692014-06-02 Vocal Fry May Undermine the Success of Young Women in the Labor Market Anderson, Rindy C. Klofstad, Casey A. Mayew, William J. Venkatachalam, Mohan PLoS One Research Article Vocal fry is speech that is low pitched and creaky sounding, and is increasingly common among young American females. Some argue that vocal fry enhances speaker labor market perceptions while others argue that vocal fry is perceived negatively and can damage job prospects. In a large national sample of American adults we find that vocal fry is interpreted negatively. Relative to a normal speaking voice, young adult female voices exhibiting vocal fry are perceived as less competent, less educated, less trustworthy, less attractive, and less hirable. The negative perceptions of vocal fry are stronger for female voices relative to male voices. These results suggest that young American females should avoid using vocal fry speech in order to maximize labor market opportunities. Public Library of Science 2014-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4037169/ /pubmed/24870387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097506 Text en © 2014 Anderson et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037169/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097506
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