Gender and digital communication Flashcards
1
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Gender statistics
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- Younger women are much more likely to use digital forms of communication to maintain social relationships
- Younger women spend the least amount of time using social media to find information
2
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Li and Kirkup:
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- Investigated the differences regarding the use and attitudes towards the internet and computers
- Chinese and British students were studied.
- Men are more likely to women to use emails and chatrooms
- Men played more computer games than women
- Men in both countries were more confident about their computer skills than women
3
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Location and digital communication
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- More developed affluent countries have greater access to and consumption of the internet
- Developing countries are increasing their use if digital communication but significantly behind westernised countries
- This means that globalisation is not occurring evenly which results in the poor people being marginalised
