Culture, gender and information technology use: A comparison of Chinese and US children

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2817-2829

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Kolenic III, Anthony ^a   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a   Harold, Rena ^a   von Eye, Alexander ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Technology use

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONES; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

CULTURE; GENDER; TECHNOLOGY USE; VIDEOGAMES;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 51349107763     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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