Taiwanese adolescents' perceptions and attitudes regarding the Internet: exploring gender differences.
The purpose of this study was to explore adolescents' perceptions and attitudes regarding the Internet, by gender. Data were collected from 636 high school students in Taiwan. It was found that male adolescents perceived the Internet more as a 'toy,' while female adolescents perceived the Internet m...
| Publicado en: | Adolescence Vol. 39; no. 156; pp. 725 - 735 |
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Libra Publishers Inc.
Winter2004
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