[Air-l] gender, age, social support and info tech use?

[Frank Thomas]

Eszter Hargittai <eszter at phoenix.Princeton.EDU> wrote:


Hi Eszter, 

I do not knwo if I sent you a paper I wrote with Zbigniew Smoreda of France Télécom R&D on "Social networks and residential ICT adoption and use".  The paper us based upon a nine-country representative population survey (field phase end of 2000) and was of Presentation at the EURESCOM Summit 2001, 13-15 November 2001, Heidelberg. Yuo, and everyone else can download it from

http://www.eurescom.de/public/projects/P900-series/P903/ICT-data/default.asp

The text and the slides are not one-to-one so have a look at both. In the slides we present a segmentation of advanced ICT user by a combination of social network caracteristics and life style.

Amitiés

Frank Thomas  

>Hi,
>
>My study (http://www.webuse.org ) looks at differences in people's online 
>skills.  As I try to write up some of my findings, I'm seeking some
>related literature.
>
>I'm looking for references on theorizing gender and age differences in
>the use of information technologies as well as the role of social support 
>networks in people's use of info tech.  Let me clarify as these can all
>mean lots of things.  
>
>I'm less interested in pointers to differences in what people do (e.g. x%
>women do this online y% men do that online) and more curious to find
>literature that tries to explain these differences.  In particular, I'm
>interested in theorizing gender and age differences in people's ability to
>use technologies (especially info tech).  I'm thinking there may also be a
>gender*age interaction effect and would be especially curious to see
>pieces that address that relationship. 
>
>Please note that I am NOT looking for literature on gender identity
>expression online and am in general less interested here in the literature
>on use of email, chat and other person-to-person communication media.. my
>focus is on the ability to use technologies.  I know of a lot of
>gender-related literature on the former, less on the latter.
>
>Regarding social support networks, I'm looking for references on the
>effects of people's social support networks on their use of information
>technologies. Please note that I am NOT looking for the reverse - that is: 
>how use of info tech enhances or doesn't one's social capital - I'm
>interested in works that discuss how one's social support networks may
>affect one's use of info tech. (I realize this can get tricky as once
>people start using info tech some of their social support networks may be
>from interactions via those media.) I'm mainly curious about 1. how people
>may be motivated to start using info tech due to their networks; and 2.
>how they may turn to their support networks for help with use of info
>tech. 
>
>Thanks for pointers to specific pieces (i.e. something more specific then
>"xyz.org may have this info").  Also, I don't mean to be hostile by
>stating what I'm not interested in, I'm just trying to focus since there
>is so much material out there and I don't want to waste people's time.
>
>I'll post a compilation of responses to the list.  Thanks!
>
>Eszter
>
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