Title :
Gender differences in the Internet usage among postgraduate students
Author :
Horvat, Jelena ; Oreski, Dijana ; Markic, Danijela
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Organ. & Inf., Univ. of Zagreb, Varazdin, Croatia
Abstract :
Internet has changed the way individuals and institutions use computer in wide variety of activities. Researches and scientists, no matter the gender, have to be prepared to overcome the technological obstacles and find needed information for their work. The problem of gender disparity in Internet usage has received great interest among researchers. Most studies show that male users have advantage compared to female concerning the Internet usage. This study was carried out to investigate the gender disparity and attitudes toward the Internet usage among postgraduate students at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varazdin.
Keywords :
Internet; gender issues; Internet usage; gender disparity; postgraduate students; Internet attitude; Internet usage; gender differences; postgraduate students;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-897-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1330-1012