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1
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what 5 things does digital communication impact?

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age 
older users of dc
class 
gender
location
2
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what sociologists do we have to remember for age?

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Garside

Boyle

3
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what does Garside says about age and dc?

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6 year old understands digital tech more than 45 year old

4
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Garside found that younger generations…

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shape digital communication therefore have different habits from older generations

5
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Garside found that two decades ago teenagers…

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devoted their evenings talking on the phone, now they socialise sending messages, photos or videos

6
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Ofcom claims that…

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‘the millennium generation is losing its voice’

7
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Boyle found that…

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each generation becomes more and more reliant on digital communication

8
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Boyle said young people…

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are more receptive to learning new skills that are demanded by new forms of technology and communication

9
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Boyle says young people place more importance on what?

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more importance on peers and social networks so use digital communication more

10
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Young people have more what?

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free time and less responsibilities as well as more money spent on them making them having best iphones, tablets etc

11
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what sociologist do we need to remember for older users of digital communication?

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Berry

12
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what does Berry focus on?

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older people

13
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Berry’s findings found that people….

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who don’t have the internet is due to a lack of skills or lack of interest not the fact they didn’t have access

14
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Berry found _______________ ________ preventing…

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psychological barriers preventing older people from going online

15
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It was found older people who…

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use the internet do so less frequently than younger people

16
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However, Berry recognises that there has been what designed?

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content designed to encourage older people to use the internet e.g. with big fonts and contrasting colours

17
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what sociologist do we need to remember for class and digital communication?

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Mertens and D’Haenens

18
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what did Mertens and D’Haenens find?

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social class was linked to lower internet use

19
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what do people from lower social class use technology for?

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entertainment

20
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what did Mertens and D’Haenens aim to study?

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the digital divide by ethnicity and gender, but found social class was the most powerful factor

21
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Mertens and D’Haenens said the digital divide is…

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bigger than we thought because some people may not want to admit it because they are embarrassed

22
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who studied gender and digital communicstion?

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Li and Kirkup

23
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what did Li and Kirkup investigate?

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differences in use of attitudes towards the internet and computers

24
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who did Li and Kirkup studied?

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Chinese and British studets through self-report questionnaires

25
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what did Li and Devine find?

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different experiences, usage and confidence between students

26
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what did Li and Kirkup find about men?

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men in both countries more likely to use email, chat rooms and play games
men more confident with computer skills and said it was male activity

27
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where were gender differences higher in Li and Kirkup’s study?

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higher in the British group than in the Chinese group

28
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what was the location impact of digital forms of communication?

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evidence of use of internet in diff parts of world shows diff patterns of access showing uneven distrib of globalisation

29
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what do more developed countries have?

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greater access to and consumption of the internet