Class and Gender Impact Internet Use

"Young Swedes and the Internet" is an annual survey that shows that internet use continues to creep down the age groups shows that socioeconomic backgrounds and gender are remaining to be the key factors in how early and how children learn to use the internet. Some children are starting to use the internet as young as age four; the debut age was age thirteen in 2000 when this survey was done.

Children with parents from a family with more income used the internet much more than children from poorer family. Thus children from families with more money are going to school better prepared and receiving a better education.

Girls have been found to use the internet in much varied ways compared to boys, such as chatting, blogging, following and commenting on each other's blogs, communicating with instant messaging, joining social networking sites and uploading videos and photos. They also found that girls start using the internet at a younger age as compared to boys as well. Despite this, boys are considered to be better at using technology than girls.

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