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Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market.

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Anderson, RC; Klofstad, CA; Mayew, WJ; Venkatachalam, M
Published in: PloS one
January 2014

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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PloS one

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1932-6203

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

9

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e97506

Related Subject Headings

  • Voice Quality
  • Verbal Behavior
  • United States
  • Speech Production Measurement
  • Speech Acoustics
  • Speech
  • Sound Spectrography
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Female
 

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Anderson, R. C., Klofstad, C. A., Mayew, W. J., & Venkatachalam, M. (2014). Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market. PloS One, 9(5), e97506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097506
Anderson, Rindy C., Casey A. Klofstad, William J. Mayew, and Mohan Venkatachalam. “Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market.PloS One 9, no. 5 (January 2014): e97506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097506.
Anderson RC, Klofstad CA, Mayew WJ, Venkatachalam M. Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market. PloS one. 2014 Jan;9(5):e97506.
Anderson, Rindy C., et al. “Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market.PloS One, vol. 9, no. 5, Jan. 2014, p. e97506. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097506.
Anderson RC, Klofstad CA, Mayew WJ, Venkatachalam M. Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market. PloS one. 2014 Jan;9(5):e97506.

Published In

PloS one

DOI

EISSN

1932-6203

ISSN

1932-6203

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

9

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e97506

Related Subject Headings

  • Voice Quality
  • Verbal Behavior
  • United States
  • Speech Production Measurement
  • Speech Acoustics
  • Speech
  • Sound Spectrography
  • Humans
  • General Science & Technology
  • Female