IMPACT OF DIGITAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION

Question 1

what 5 things does digital communication impact?

Answer 1

age 
older users of dc
class 
gender
location

Question 2

what sociologists do we have to remember for age?

Answer 2

Garside

Boyle

Question 3

what does Garside says about age and dc?

Answer 3

6 year old understands digital tech more than 45 year old

Question 4

Garside found that younger generations…

Answer 4

shape digital communication therefore have different habits from older generations

Question 5

Garside found that two decades ago teenagers…

Answer 5

devoted their evenings talking on the phone, now they socialise sending messages, photos or videos

Question 6

Ofcom claims that…

Answer 6

‘the millennium generation is losing its voice’

Question 7

Boyle found that…

Answer 7

each generation becomes more and more reliant on digital communication

Question 8

Boyle said young people…

Answer 8

are more receptive to learning new skills that are demanded by new forms of technology and communication

Question 9

Boyle says young people place more importance on what?

Answer 9

more importance on peers and social networks so use digital communication more

Question 10

Young people have more what?

Answer 10

free time and less responsibilities as well as more money spent on them making them having best iphones, tablets etc

Question 11

what sociologist do we need to remember for older users of digital communication?

Answer 11

Berry

Question 12

what does Berry focus on?

Answer 12

older people

Question 13

Berry’s findings found that people….

Answer 13

who don’t have the internet is due to a lack of skills or lack of interest not the fact they didn’t have access

Question 14

Berry found _______________ ________ preventing…

Answer 14

psychological barriers preventing older people from going online

Question 15

It was found older people who…

Answer 15

use the internet do so less frequently than younger people

Question 16

However, Berry recognises that there has been what designed?

Answer 16

content designed to encourage older people to use the internet e.g. with big fonts and contrasting colours

Question 17

what sociologist do we need to remember for class and digital communication?

Answer 17

Mertens and D’Haenens

Question 18

what did Mertens and D’Haenens find?

Answer 18

social class was linked to lower internet use

Question 19

what do people from lower social class use technology for?

Answer 19

entertainment

Question 20

what did Mertens and D’Haenens aim to study?

Answer 20

the digital divide by ethnicity and gender, but found social class was the most powerful factor

Question 21

Mertens and D’Haenens said the digital divide is…

Answer 21

bigger than we thought because some people may not want to admit it because they are embarrassed

Question 22

who studied gender and digital communicstion?

Answer 22

Li and Kirkup

Question 23

what did Li and Kirkup investigate?

Answer 23

differences in use of attitudes towards the internet and computers

Question 24

who did Li and Kirkup studied?

Answer 24

Chinese and British studets through self-report questionnaires

Question 25

what did Li and Devine find?

Answer 25

different experiences, usage and confidence between students

Question 26

what did Li and Kirkup find about men?

Answer 26

men in both countries more likely to use email, chat rooms and play games
men more confident with computer skills and said it was male activity

Question 27

where were gender differences higher in Li and Kirkup’s study?

Answer 27

higher in the British group than in the Chinese group

Question 28

what was the location impact of digital forms of communication?

Answer 28

evidence of use of internet in diff parts of world shows diff patterns of access showing uneven distrib of globalisation

Question 29

what do more developed countries have?

Answer 29

greater access to and consumption of the internet