Gender Profiles of Internet and Mobile Phone Use among Norwegian Adolescents

dc.creator	Frode Volden
dc.creator	Halvor Fauske
dc.creator	Knut Inge Fostervold
dc.creator	Jo Kleiven
dc.creator	Reidulf G. Watten
dc.date	2008-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:43Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:43Z
dc.identifier	1504-4831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8e2596d236c74b4eab3166e65f6378e8
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29131
dc.description	The aim of this current project was to investigate gender profiles in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), primarily the Internet and mobile phones, and problems encountered in the use of these technologies. The sample survey consisted of teenagers, 4294 15-16 year olds (2067 females and 2227 males) from two counties in Eastern Norway, who had participated in a nationwide survey administered by the National Institute of Public Health. The results showed that Norwegian girls used the Internet far more often social activities such as chatting and e-mail while boys preferred to use it for entertainment and computational activities, such as Gaming, E-commerce, viewing multimedia, and for programming. Girls used their mobile phones far more often for Text messaging (Short Message Service - SMS) than boys, who more frequently used their mobile phones for technical functions (alarm, gaming, Internet, etc.). There was no gender gap in everyday phone usage. Both genders experienced few of the problems associated with ICT use. The most frequent problem encountered by both genders was increased economic costs.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Lillehammer University College
dc.relation	http://www.seminar.net/current-issue/gender-profiles-of-internet-and-mobile-phone-use-among-norwegian-adolescents
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1504-4831
dc.source	Seminar.net, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 1-10 (2008)
dc.subject	Internet
dc.subject	mobile phones
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	adolescents
dc.subject	Norway
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Gender Profiles of Internet and Mobile Phone Use among Norwegian Adolescents
dc.type	article