Who is using the New Media
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- Created on: 21-05-14 09:32
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- Who is using the New Media
- A generational divide
- BOYLE (2007)
- New media is normally associated with young people.
- There has always been a generational divide
- Communication technology has always been used by young people
- Adult anxieties remain the same
- Young people use is that it is a 'now' media
- We must be careful not to exaggerate generational differences
- There is a generational divide between how people use new media
- Some commentators worry about the easy access to pornographic websites or new forms of bullying
- 16-24 yr olds more likely to spend time on the internet
- 25+ sent more text messages
- 40% of adults use social networking sites
- The average age of an online gamer is 33 years
- BOYLE (2007)
- A class divide
- The poor are excluded from the information highway.
- Of the richest households in the UK 80% had internet access
- BOYLE
- In 2005, 40% of homes did not have digital TV
- A gender divide
- Girls between 12 - 15 are more likely to have mobile phones and use the internet
- LI & KIRKUP (2007)
- Significant gender difference in the UK
- Men are more likely to use email
- Men are more confident about using computers
- A global divide
- 3 out of 100 Africans use the internet
- 85% of the web is in English
- SEATON (2003)
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- A generational divide
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