DocumentCode
2608074
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
fYear
2011
fDate
27-30 June 2011
Firstpage
281
Lastpage
286
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dubrovnik
ISSN
1330-1012
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-897-6
Electronic_ISBN
1330-1012
Type
conf
Filename
5974036
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