Deborah Fallows
Deborah Fallows
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Instead of tapping your toes or drumming your fingers, you can go to the Internet.
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If there is an overall pattern of differences here, it is that men value the Internet for the breadth of experiences it offers, and women value it for the human connections.
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The Internet is a destination. It's some place to see what's going on, to hang out, to find new things. You go there with the expectation that there is something interesting happening and you'll be informed or entertained just by going there.
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Men tend to be attracted to online activities that are far more action-oriented, while women tend to value things involving relationships or human connections.
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Once you get past the commonalities, men tend to be attracted to online activities that are far more action-oriented, while women tend to value things involving relationships or human connections.
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More than men, women are enthusiastic online communicators, and they use e-mail in a more robust way. Women are more likely than men to use e-mail to write to friends and family about a variety of topics: sharing news and worries, planning events, forwarding jokes and funny stories. Women are more likely to feel satisfied with the role e-mail plays in their lives, especially when it comes to nurturing their relationships. And women include a wider range of topics and activities in their personal e-mails.
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This takes Web surfing into a different category. It is a destination in of itself.
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Web surfing has kind of taken its rightful place as a routine activity. It's not necessarily a time killer, but a time filler.
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The online world is becoming a destination in and of itself -- and that has potentially big consequences for the way people spend their time.