Gender has now ceased to influence Internet access and frequency of use, especially among youths. However, self-efficacy in digital skills, content production and Internet uses are still associated with gender. For that reason, this article uses data from a survey conducted in a university in Northern Italy to explore if male and female undergraduates differ in their activities of online consumption and content production and whether self-efficacy could explain the differences.

L’appartenenza di genere non influenza più accesso e frequenza d’uso di internet, soprattutto tra i giovani. Tuttavia altri aspetti, come la fiducia nelle proprie competenze digitali, la produzione di contenuti e gli usi, sono ancora correlati al genere. Partendo da tale presupposto, l’articolo analizza un questionario effettuato in un’università del nord Italia ed esamina se gli studenti e le studentesse differiscono negli stili d’uso della rete, sia di consumo che di produzione di contenuti, e se la sicurezza nelle proprie competenze può spiegare le differenze.

Mainardi, A., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., Scenini, F. (2013). Gender differences in online consumption and content production among Italian undergraduate students. CULTURA E COMUNICAZIONE, 2013(3), 39-53.

Gender differences in online consumption and content production among Italian undergraduate students

MAINARDI, ARIANNA RUBI;MANGIATORDI, ANDREA;MICHELI, MARINA;SCENINI, FRANCESCA
2013

Abstract

Gender has now ceased to influence Internet access and frequency of use, especially among youths. However, self-efficacy in digital skills, content production and Internet uses are still associated with gender. For that reason, this article uses data from a survey conducted in a university in Northern Italy to explore if male and female undergraduates differ in their activities of online consumption and content production and whether self-efficacy could explain the differences.
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Gender, digital divide, social media, undergraduate students, self-efficacy
Genere, digital divide, social media, studenti universitari, self-efficacy
English
7-ott-2013
2013
3
39
53
open
Mainardi, A., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., Scenini, F. (2013). Gender differences in online consumption and content production among Italian undergraduate students. CULTURA E COMUNICAZIONE, 2013(3), 39-53.
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