Wednesday, November 19
11:15-11:35 AM
UTC
Capri 113

Teenage Gender Considerations in Online Social Networking

Brief Paper ID: 23965
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    David Brown
    Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  2. Seth Wagner
    Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  3. Victor Tardiff
    Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  4. Alden Blease
    Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Abstract: In the history of computing, the computer as a tool, and the equitable use of computers, gender has been of major interest and concern. Gender is also considered a primary variable relative to many aspects of educational and sociological investigations. Students at a public, residential high school in the Northeastern United States (n=82) participated in an online survey centered about activities, thoughts, and beliefs relative to online, social networking. Significant differences were found between the independent variable of gender on specific areas of the survey instrument (p < 0.05). Teenage users of social networking sites are tomorrow’s developers, owners, users, and governors of these online networking industries. Significant, statistical differences are discussed as well as the changing role of gender in the increasing popularity of online social networking.

Presider: Fiona Thurn, University of Sydney

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