Young women and the Internet: the self-perception gap
Dear aoir colleagues, I noticed this interesting new study by Hargittai & Shafer is out, and it is getting some great press. Aside from the research value, this is also a great item for classroom discussion. I quote: "[M]en and women do not differ significantly in their abilities to find...information online. However, young women are less likely to perceive themselves as skilled...[this] may affect significantly the extent of their online behavior and the types of uses to which they put the medium." (p. 444) The cite: Differences in Actual and Perceived Online Skills: The Role of Gender Eszter Hargittai & Steven Shafer. 2006. Social Science Quarterly. 87(2):432-448. http://eszter.com/research/a17-genderskills.html The press: <http://eszter.com/research/a17-genderskills.html> "Gender differences non-existent when it comes to surfing skills" Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0607070132jul07,1,152691.column... (FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED) Minnesota Public Radio segment: http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/futuretense/mpr_20060707_futuretense... I hope this is helpful, Christian -- http://www.niftyc.org/
Hi Some AoIR members may be interested in the following study: Between January 2005 and June 2006, universities, government ministries, associations and foundations from 9 European countries - Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal and United Kingdom – collaborated on an applied research project for media education called Mediappro (“media appropriation”). A similar survey was also carried out during the same period in Quebec, Canada. These various institutions, specializing in media education, designed a study to explore how young people between the ages of 12-18, appropriate digital media, including networks and portable media, such as the Internet, mobile phones and video games. See http://www.mediappro.org/ for the final report. You may have seen the BBC's coverage of the Mediappro project last week. ** School internet 'over-regulated' ** Pupils in the UK do not get enough access to the internet at school, an Institute of Education study says. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/education/5151576.stm > With best wishes Sue -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/383 - Release Date: 07/07/2006
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