3.1 Digital Divides (class, gender & age) Flashcards
(Class) Education relies on digital communication, how does it affect l/c children?
Lack of access at a disadvantage for research homework
Embarrassment
(Class) There is a knowledge gap between who?
Those with and without Internet access
(Class) How do those without access have more expensive lives?
Can’t do online shopping
Paying bills online
(Class) How is work affected by digital communication?
Job applications
(Class) Those excluded can feel marginalised what does this mean?
Excluded
Not involved in creating culture
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - lower social class is linked to…
Lower Internet use
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - low class individuals focus technology use on what?
Entertainment
Rather than knowledge and info
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes -what percentage of low class own a game console?
79%
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - what percentage of higher classes own a game console?
65%
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - what percentage of the lower class used the internet?
81%
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - what percentage of the higher class use the internet?
94%
(Class) Merten and D’Haenes - where was their study conducted?
Brussels
(Gender) men and women use digital media what?
Differently
(Gender) the digital world is perceived to be what?
Masculine
(Gender) what percentage of women use digital media for relationships?
43%
(Gender) what percentage of men use digital media for relationships?
34%
(Gender) what percentage of men are internet users?
88%
(Gender) what percent of women are internet users?
85%
(Gender) men are more likely to use the internet for what?
Work and entertainment
(Gender) Li and Kirkup- found differences in what?
Use of and attitudes toward the internet
(Gender) who were Li and Kirkups sample?
245 British students
220 Chinese
(Gender) Li and Kirkup - men in both countries were more likely to use what?
Email or chat rooms
Computer games
(Gender) Li and Kirkup - men in both samples were more likely to express what?
The opinion using computers was a male activity and skill
(Age) ONS - what percent of adults now go online?
83%