Gender differences in Internet usage

• Authors: Bujała, Anna

Title variants

EN

Gednerowe zróżnicowanie sposobów posługiwania się Internetem

Abstracts

EN

The results of the Polish edition of the World Internet Project 2011 indicate gender differences both in the intensity of Internet usage and the ways in which it is used. Women spend less time online, have shorter experience online, and express less openness towards online relationships or services. The main gender difference in the kinds of activities undertaken online concerns entertainment – men engage much more often in activities such as playing games, listening to music or the radio, watching films, or looking for humorous content than women do. Having said that, it should be noted that the differences are not dramatic, indicating the small size of the “gender gap” among Polish Internet users.

Keywords

EN

gender; Internet; online experience; attitudes; usage patterns

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Sociologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 43

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Bujała, Anna

other

PhD candidate in the Department of Gender Studies and Social Movements, University of Łódź

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/2647