Hot or Not: An Analysis of Online Professor-Shopping Behavior of Business Students

Hossain, Tarique

doi:10.1080/08832320903252439

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“…Past research, however, has found minimal support for this suggestion (Hossain 2009;Bleske-Rechek & Michels 2010) and, in some cases, no support (Bergin et al 2013). Past research, however, has found minimal support for this suggestion (Hossain 2009;Bleske-Rechek & Michels 2010) and, in some cases, no support (Bergin et al 2013).…”

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“She does have an accent but…”: Race and language ideology in students' evaluations of mathematics instructors on RateMyProfessors.com

Subtirelu¹

2015

Lang. Soc.

109

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Nonnative English speakers (NNESs) who teach at English-medium institutions in the United States (US) have frequently been the subject of student complaints. Research into language ideologies concerning NNESs in the US suggests that such complaints can be understood as manifestations of a broader project of social exclusion operating, in part, through the ideological construction of the NNES as incomprehensible Other. The present study explores the extent to which such ideological presuppositions and exaggerative performances are observable in students' evaluations of ‘Asian’ mathematics instructors on the website RateMyProfessors.com (RMP). A mixed methodological approach combining statistical analysis of numeric RMP ratings, quantitative corpus linguistic techniques, and critical discourse analysis was employed. Findings confirm the presence of disadvantages related to ‘Asian’ instructors' race and language. However, RMP users' discourse is shown to be less overtly discriminatory and instead to reproduce dominant language ideology in subtle, previously undescribed ways.(Student evaluations, higher education, university teaching, nonnative speakers, second language users, ethnicity, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, formulaic language)*

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Section: Ratemyprofessorscom: Contexts and Functionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“She does have an accent but…”: Race and language ideology in students' evaluations of mathematics instructors on RateMyProfessors.com

Subtirelu¹

2015

Lang. Soc.

109

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“…Several studies examined at teachers' hotness and its impact on student teacher evaluations. These studies have found teachers' hotness to be associated with more positive affect and more positive student evaluation of attractive teachers Hamermesh & Parker, 2005;Hossain;Riniolo, Johnson, Sherman, & Misso, 2006). In several of these studies, the Downloaded by [Michigan State University] at 13:10 20 February 2015 results indicate that attractive teachers also demonstrated a substantial positive impact on instructional productivity (Felton et al; Hamermesh & Parker).…”

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“…It is becoming increasingly popular to evaluate professors based on their hotness (Felton et al, 2008;Hossain, 2010;Riniolo et al, 2006). However, the meaning of this construct is still unclear.…”

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“…However, students are turning to the Internet for information and a number of websites have emerged where students can review course experiences and rate professors. Computer-mediated word-of-mouth sites, such as RateMyProfessors.com and PickAProf.com, are largely used by students to gather and shop for information about prospective professors (Hossain, 2010). These sites are widely used and serve as an information hub by students in their selection of future courses and instructors.…”

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The Influence of Student Perceived Professors’ “Hotness” on Expertise, Motivation, Learning Outcomes, and Course Satisfaction

Liu

Furutan

2013

Journal of Education for Business

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Recent research has indicated a noticeable increase in students who rate their professors as either "hot" or "not" on RateMyProfessors.com. The authors further explored this issue by examining the influence of professors' perceived hotness in the classroom. Results indicate that when professors are perceived to be high in attractiveness, students view these professors as having more expertise. Furthermore, students are more motivated to learn, perceive that they learn better, are more satisfied, and give higher teaching evaluations. Additionally, there appears to be an interaction between the gender of the student and the influence of attractiveness; levels of attractiveness appear to affect female students more than male students.In this era of Internet reliance, students have increased their use of unconventional rating scales that are outside of a typical student teacher evaluation form as an evaluative component in searching for prospective professors. Typically, a standardized teaching evaluation form would be a good source to understand professors' teaching effectiveness. However, students are turning to the Internet for information and a number of websites have emerged where students can review course experiences and rate professors. Computer-mediated word-of-mouth sites, such as RateMyProfessors.com and PickAProf.com, are largely used by students to gather and shop for information about prospective professors (Hossain, 2010). These sites are widely used and serve as an information hub by students in their selection of future courses and instructors. One popular website, RateMyProfessors.com, offers students the opportunity to anonymously quantify and post perceptions of their professors based on five rating Correspondence should be addressed to Jeanny Liu,

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“…For example, individuals seeking information about specific physicians or other healthcare professionals can visit websites, including Healthgrades.com, RateMDs.com, and Vitals.com to review experiences and recommendations of others. Providing anonymous online comments and ratings can provide consumers with valuable feedback, although some negative feedback could be viewed as cyberbullying (Hossain, 2010).…”

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Exploring Myths: Cyberbullying of College Faculty

Joiner¹

2018

JESP

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Anonymous online rating sites provide outlets for students and others to share their experiences related to professors, courses, and colleges and universities. College faculty are often the focal point of anonymous feedback and could become targets for sometimes unfair online ratings. This paper explored the extent to which faculty perceived cyberbullying of faculty to be an issue on anonymous rating sites, faculty observations about the accuracy of information posted to anonymous websites about themselves, and the extent to which faculty discuss with students their expectations regarding appropriate use of the Internet, social media, and mobile technologies. Further research is needed to explore the influence of public anonymous ratings on faculty course enrollments and faculty overall job satisfaction.

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Hot or Not: An Analysis of Online Professor-Shopping Behavior of Business Students

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

“She does have an accent but…”: Race and language ideology in students' evaluations of mathematics instructors on RateMyProfessors.com

“She does have an accent but…”: Race and language ideology in students' evaluations of mathematics instructors on RateMyProfessors.com

The Influence of Student Perceived Professors’ “Hotness” on Expertise, Motivation, Learning Outcomes, and Course Satisfaction

Exploring Myths: Cyberbullying of College Faculty

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