Share Paper: Searching on the Web: the gender differences

  1. Elias Goulart, Universidade Municipal de Sao Caetano do Sul - IMES, Brazil
Friday, July 4 2:00-2:30 PM FH 1 (2nd Fl)

Abstract: Cyberfeminism is one of the latest theories trying to explain the difficulties experienced by women with technology. This study seeks to investigate the relation between gender and technology by exploring possible differences in searching strategies on the web. As a result, it was not found any kind of significant difference among a group of undergraduate students.