Differences in actual and perceived online skills: The role of gender
Differences in actual and perceived online skills: The role of gender
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00389.x
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Shafer, S
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作者：
Hargittai, E;Shafer, S
Objective.关于性别和技术使用的文献发现，妇女和男子对自己的技术能力的态度有很大差异。同时，现有的科学和数学能力的学生的工作表明，这种感知的差异并不总是转化为实际的差距。我们研究尚未被忽视的领域有关性别差异方面的互联网使用能力。特别是，我们测试自我感知能力与实际能力的关系，以及这些能力如何因性别而异。方法.我们使用网络使用技能的新数据，以经验为基础，测试是否有男性和女性的能力，以浏览在线内容的差异。我们利用不同的成年互联网用户样本来调查所提出的问题。结果调查结果表明，男性和女性在上网能力方面没有太大差异。然而，我们发现，妇女的自我评估的技能是显着低于男性。结论.妇女对自己的网络使用技能的自我评估较低，可能会影响到他们的在线行为的程度和使用的类型，他们把媒体。我们讨论了这些发现对社会不平等的影响。
Objective. The literature on gender and technology use finds that women and men differ significantly in their attitudes toward their technological abilities. Concurrently, existing work on science and math abilities of students suggests that such perceived differences do not always translate into actual disparities. We examine the yet-neglected area concerning gender differences with respect to Internet-use ability. In particular, we test how self-perceived abilities are related to actual abilities and how these may differ by gender. Methods. We use new data on web-use skill to test empirically whether there are differences in men's and women's abilities to navigate online content. We draw on a diverse sample of adult Internet users to investigate the questions raised. Results. Findings suggest that men and women do not differ greatly in their online abilities. However, we find that women's self-assessed skill is significantly lower than that of men. Conclusions. Women's lower self-assessment regarding their web-use skills may affect significantly the extent of their online behavior and the types of uses to which they put the medium. We discuss the implications of these findings for social inequality.