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%
(Age) what percent of 16-34 year olds are online?
98%
(Age) what percentage increase was there in internet use among those 65+?
9%
(Age) what percent of adults use a smartphone?
62%
(Age) who are twice as likely to play online games?
45-54 year olds
(Age) the average 6 year old understands more about technology than who?
45 year old
(Age) Boyle - young people have more interest in what?
Entertainment
(Age)Boyle - young people are more interested in learning what?
New skills
(Age) Boyle - through the media what do young people explore and assert?
Their new emerging adult identities
(Age) Boyle - why do more kids have access to phones?
Parents have more disposable income for each child
(Age) Boyle - young people have more free time and fewer what?
Responsibilities
(Age) Livingston and Helsper - why is the divide between young people an under researched area?
Research tends to focus on adults thinking young people are ahead with technology
(Age) Livingstone and Helsper - who were least likely to have internet access?
Working class
Young children
Girls
(Age) Livingstone and Helsper - policy should focus on which divide?
Class divide in internet access as this makes children disadvantaged in school
(Age) Berry - many older people don’t use the internet due to what?
Lack of confidence Lack of skill Lack of interest Cost Psychological barriers
(Age)Berry - why are more older people using the internet?
Adapted for them e.g. Finerday
Aware of practically of it
