It looks like research on this question is just getting going and the marketing researchers are in the forefront. In my admittedly quick search there was nothing on use in research, so the conversation here might constitute the first foray into that area! A Mashable summary of a Resolve Market Research study on iPad use (text of the study itself is ~$1700 it looks like, yikes!): http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/ipad-usage-report/ Yahoo Research has found more men than women are using it-and also looked at some other demographic factors. Although it looks like they were only looking at how people were using the iPad to use their products, which could inherently bias their results if more men than women use Yahoo. Link: http://www.gearlog.com/2010/07/yahoo_study_reveals_men_use_ip.php comScore has looked into how people intended to use it: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/3/comScore_Releases... And other scattered stuff too on its use in gaming, by doctors, how it might be used, and use in other professions, etc. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend.
From a PC user, Jessica
-------------------------------------- Jessica L. Beyer Doctoral Candidate University of Washington Department of Political Science http://students.washington.edu/jlbeyer -------------------------------------- On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, live wrote:
I think danah is just like all of us who began the conversation- fieldwork. That's the research so far.
@SharonG
On Jul 18, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:
Mebbe I missed it in the rush of emails, but aside from danah's discussion of her fieldwork, does anyone have any EVIDENCE on iPod use?
I'm seeing lots of personal opinions but the R in this list should be real.
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