WGS355H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Digital Divide, Virtual Reality, Interpersonal Communication
20 Oct 2017
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One indicator virtual reality of cyberspace parallel other environment. Digital divide one indicator virtual space is same like any other environment. 13-17: 57% find friends online, boys more likely make friends online. Girls meet friends through social media, messaging apps. Boys stay within virtual space, girls differ the way they further enhance friendships. Women about their day, shop, what they bought, food. Men are not socialized, men are not encouraged to be open, communicate. Women use social sites for social reasons than for professional reasons. Women blog more, share and post content on social media forum much more than men. Men more inclined to use social media sites for business reasons. Men are twice as likely to use it for dating objectives. Women are more likely to use internet interpersonal communication, men for entertainment and shop online. Access, navigation and quality are also influenced by gender. The same patterns of male dominance occur in real world is there in cyberspace.
