Gender and cultural differences in Internet use: A study of China and the UK

Computers & Education - Tập 48 Số 2 - Trang 301-317 - 2007
Nai Li1, Gill Kirkup2
1Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
2Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.#TAB#

Tóm tắt

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Allwood, 1990, Conceptions of computers among students in China and Sweden, Computers in Human Behaviour, 6, 185, 10.1016/0747-5632(90)90006-3

Arbaugh, 2000, An exploratory study of the effects of gender on student learning and class participation in an Internet-based MBA course, Management Learning, 31, 503, 10.1177/1350507600314006

Berry, 1992

Boone, 1997, Science attitudes of selected middle school students in China: a preliminary investigation of similarities and differences as a function of gender, School Science and Mathematics, 97, 96, 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1997.tb17349.x

Brosnan, 1998

Brosnan, 1998, A cross-cultural comparison of gender differences in computer attitudes and anxieties: the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, Computers in Human Behaviour, 14, 559, 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00024-7

Brown, 1998, A comparison of attitudes toward computers among business professionals in China, Japan, and the United States, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Spring, 1

Campbell, 1984, Predicting the success of freshman in a computer science major, Communications of the ACM, 27, 1108, 10.1145/1968.358288

Chen, 1999, Designing for differences: cultural issues in the design of WWW-based course-support sites, British Journal of Educational Technology, 30, 201, 10.1111/1467-8535.00110

Chen, 1999, Cultural issues in the design of technology-enhanced learning systems, British Journal of Educational Technology, 30, 217, 10.1111/1467-8535.00111

Clegg, 1999, Disciplinary discourse: a case study of gender in information technology and design courses, Gender and Education, 11, 43, 10.1080/09540259920753

Chinese Ministry of Education (CME) (1997). CME 1997 report on Chinese higher education, CME, Beijing.

CNNIC (07/2001). Semi-annual Survey Report on the Development of China’s Internet (06/2001), retrieved 06 November, 2001 from http://www.cnnic.net.cn/develst/rep200107-e.shtml.

Collis, 1985, Reflections on inequities in computer education: do the rich get richer?, Education and Computing, 1, 179, 10.1016/S0167-9287(85)91519-5

Collis, 1999, Designing for differences: cultural issues in the design of WWW-based course-support sites, British Journal of Educational Technology, 30, 201, 10.1111/1467-8535.00110

Collis, 1987, Cross-cultural comparison of gender differences in adolescent’s attitudes toward computers and selected school subjects, Journal of Educational Research, 81, 17, 10.1080/00220671.1987.10885792

Comber, 1997, The effects of age, gender and computer experience upon computer attitudes, Educational Research, 39, 123, 10.1080/0013188970390201

Davies, 1988, Women clerical workers and the typewriter: the writing machine

Durndell, 1995, Gender and computing: persisting differences, Educational Research, 37, 219, 10.1080/0013188950370301

Durndell, 1993, Gender and computing: change over time?, Computers & Education, 21, 16, 10.1016/0360-1315(93)90036-I

Durndell, 1987, A survey of attitudes to, knowledge about and experience of computers, Computers & Education, 11, 167, 10.1016/0360-1315(87)90051-0

Durndell, 1997, Gender and computing: a decade of change?, Computers & Education, 28, 1, 10.1016/S0360-1315(96)00034-6

Emarketer (1999). Internet users survey report, retrieved 21 May, 2000 from http://www.emarketnews.com/emetrics.htm#titles.

Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) (1999). ‘Gender and differential achievement in education and training: a research review’, retrieved 25 June, 2000 from http://www.eoc.org.uk/EOCeng/dynpages/research_edu.asp.

Ford, 1996, Gender differences in Internet perceptions and use, Aslib Proceedings, 48, 183

Gibbs, 1998, Women on the Web: a two-year journey in cyberspace, The European Journal of Women’s Studies, 5, 253, 10.1177/135050689800500209

GVU (1997b, 1998b) GVU’s WWW User Survey, retrieved 23 May, 1999 from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-1998-10/.

Harding, 1997, Multicultural and global feminist philosophies of science: resources and challenges

Harding, 1998

Holmes, B. (1998). Cross-cultural differences of use of information technology in education: a comparative study of the use of computers in Japanese and British classrooms. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, p. 161.

Jackson, 2001, Gender and the Internet: women communicating and men searching, Sex roles, 44, 363, 10.1023/A:1010937901821

Joo, 1999, Cultural issues of the Internet in classrooms, British Journal of Educational Technology, 30, 245, 10.1111/1467-8535.00113

Karsten, 1998, The relationship of computer experiences and computer self-efficacy to performance in introductory computer literacy courses, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 31, 14, 10.1080/08886504.1998.10782238

Kirkpatrick, 1998, Should we be worried. What the research says about gender differences in access, use, attitudes, and achievement with computers, Educational Technology, 56

Kirkup, 1995, Gender issues and learning technologies, British Journal of Educational Technology, 26, 218, 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1995.tb00344.x

Layton, E. T. (1994). Technology and Civlilization: Renaissance to Industrial Revolution, Hsci 1712/3712, University of Minnesota.

Lazinger, 1997, Internet use by faculty members in various disciplines: a comparative case study, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48, 508, 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199706)48:6<508::AID-ASI4>3.0.CO;2-Y

Makrakis, 1992, Cross-cultural comparison of gender differences in attitude towards computers in Japan and Sweden, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 36, 275, 10.1080/0031383920360403

Martin, 1992, American and Soviet children’s attitudes toward computers, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 8, 155, 10.2190/QJJF-31UU-FR0X-KLTG

McMahon, J. (1997). Factors associated with student computer usage in higher education, unpublished PhD thesis, The Queen’s University of Belfast.

Meredith, 1998, Women can do I.T. – but why don’t they?, 762

Morahan-Martin, 1998, The gender gap in Internet use: why men use the Internet more than women – a literature review, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 1.1, 3, 10.1089/cpb.1998.1.3

Morahan-Martin, 1998, Males, females, and the Internet, 169

Morahan-Martin, 1999, Women and Internet: promise and perils, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3, 683, 10.1089/10949310050191683

Murphy, 1989, Development and validation of the computer self-efficacy scale, Educational and Psychological Measurement, 49, 893, 10.1177/001316448904900412

NetSmart America (1/12/1999). ‘Computer, Internet use up among Americans’, retrieved 21 March, 2000 from http://cyberatlas.Internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,1323,5901_218471,00.html.

Nua (1999). Gender gap has almost disappeared in US, retrieved 17 February, 2000 from http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355546&rel=true.

Nua Internet survey (2000). Nua Analysis, retrieved 17 February, 2000 from http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/index.html.

Odell, 2000, Internet use among female and male college students, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3, 855, 10.1089/10949310050191836

Omar, 1992, Attitudes of college students towards computers: a comparative study in the United States and the Middle East, Computers in Human Behaviour, 8, 249, 10.1016/0747-5632(92)90009-4

Pelgrum, 1991

Popovich, 1987, The development of the attitudes toward the computer usage scale, Educational and Psychological Measurement, 47, 261, 10.1177/0013164487471035

Ropp, 1999, Exploring Individual characteristics associated with learning to use computers in preservice teacher preparation, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 31, 402, 10.1080/08886504.1999.10782262

Savicki, 2000, Computer mediated communication: gender and group composition, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3, 817, 10.1089/10949310050191791

Schott, 2000, Examining the “male, antisocial” stereotype of high computer users, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 23, 291, 10.2190/V98R-5ETX-W9LY-WD3J

Schumacher, 2001, Gender, Internet and computer attitudes and experiences, Computers in Human Behavior, 17, 95, 10.1016/S0747-5632(00)00032-7

Scragg, 1998

Shade, 1998, A gendered perspective on access to the information infrastructure, The Information Society, 14, 33, 10.1080/019722498128999

Shashaani, 1993, Gender-based differences in attitudes toward computers, Computers & Education, 20, 169, 10.1016/0360-1315(93)90085-W

Shashaani, 1997, Gender differences in computer attitudes and usage among college students, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16, 37, 10.2190/Y8U7-AMMA-WQUT-R512

Sherman, 2000, The Internet gender gap among college students: forgotten but not gone?, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3, 885, 10.1089/10949310050191854

Siann, 1990, The effect of computer use on gender differences in attitudes to computers, Computers & Education, 14, 183, 10.1016/0360-1315(90)90058-F

Silva, 2000, The cook, the cooker and the gendering of the kitchen, The Sociological Review, 48, 612, 10.1111/1467-954X.00235

Somekh, 2000, New technology and learning: policy and practice in the UK: 1980–2000, Education and Information Technology, 5, 19, 10.1023/A:1009636417727

Torkzadeh, 1994, Factor validity of a computer self-efficacy scale and the impact of computer training, Educational and Psychological Measurement, 54, 813, 10.1177/0013164494054003028

Torkzadeh, 1999, Computer self-efficacy, training effectiveness and user attitudes: an empirical study, Behaviour & Information Technology, 18, 299, 10.1080/014492999119039

Weil, 1995, The psychological impact of technology from global perspective: a study of technological sophistication and technophobia in university students from twenty-three countries, Computers in Human Behaviour, 11, 95, 10.1016/0747-5632(94)00026-E

Weiser, 2000, Gender differences in Internet use patterns and Internet application preferences: a two-sample comparison, CyberPsychology & Behavior, 3, 167, 10.1089/109493100316012

Zhang, 1998, Relationship among computer self-efficacy, attitudes toward computers, and desirability of learning computer skills, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 30, 420, 10.1080/08886504.1998.10782236