WOMEN’S STUDIES RESIDENCY 2011

Life Begins at 40 - Celebrating Women's Studies at SUNY Empire State College

Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Northeast Center

 

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WOMEN’S STUDIES RESIDENCY 2011

Life Begins at 40 - Celebrating Women's Studies

at SUNY Empire State College

Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Northeast Center

Technology in its myriad

forms is pervasive in

our daily lives.

Women interact with technology differently than men, and women across the generations

use technology for different purposes.

This talk will look at how women of

all ages use technology to

express themselves and engage with the

world around them.

We will explore the impact of computers, the Internet, mobile devices, video, and

other technologies on the ways in which women form and

express their identities from

childhood through the senior years.

gendagenda

Introduction & Overview

Women & Men : How Do Compare Online?

Across the Generations : How are Girls & Women

Interacting with Technology?

The Future…

Throughout…Keep your TECH ON

Ask QuestionsTweet - @lisadaw/womenandtechnology E-mail – lisa@docdw.com Go to the wiki – wsresc.pbworks.com

Have fun

Enjoy videos – as examples not plugs for the companies nor products

Got Got Tech?Tech?What is the

black & white image on the

computer screen to the

right?

BONUS: BONUS: Can you read

it?

http://bit.ly/dailytech2011

Comparing Women & Men Online Comparing Women & Men Online

“Men like the internet for the experiences it offers…Women like it for the human connections it promotes.”

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005

Got Got Tech?Tech?How do you

use the Internet?

BONUS: BONUS: Have you Googled

yourself in the last week?

Click the source below to link directly to the report.

67% of the adult American population goes online• 68% of men and 66% of women

Younger women are more likely than younger men to be online• 86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age

Older men are more likely than older women to be online• 34% of men 65 and older use the internet, compared with 21% of women that age

How Men & Women How Men & Women Use the InternetUse the Internet

Compared with women, online men are more likely to use the internet to: check the weather, get news, get do-it-yourself

information, check for sports information, get political information, get financial information, do job-related research,

download software, listen to music, rate a product/person/service through an online reputation system,

download music files, use a webcam, and take a class.

Compared with men, online women are more likely to use the internet to: send and receive email, get maps and directions, look for health and medical information, use web sites to get support for health or personal problems, and get religious information.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005

InternetInternet

• Men and women both appreciate email for its efficiencies and convenience.

•More women than men send and receive email, and they use it in a richer and more engaging way.

• Women are more likely than men to use email to write to friends and family, sharing news, discussing worries, planning events, forwarding jokes and funny stories, etc.

• Women are more likely to feel satisfied with the role of email in their lives, especially when it comes to nurturing their relationships.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005

E-mailE-mail

Across Adult Generations:Across Adult Generations:How are We Online?How are We Online?

“Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older

generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.”

Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project surveys taken from 2006-2008.

The Adult Generations The Adult Generations % of Population/ % of Internet Users% of Population/ % of Internet Users

Generation Name Birth Years, Ages in 2009 % of total adult % of internet-using population population

Gen Y (Millennials) Born 1977-1990, Ages 18-32 26% 30%

Gen X Born 1965-1976, Ages 33-44 20% 23%

Younger Boomers Born 1955-1964, Ages 45-54 20% 22%

Older Boomers Born 1946-1954, Ages 55-63 13% 13%

Silent Generation Born 1937-1945, Ages 64-72 9% 7%

G.I. Generation Born -1936, Age 73+ 9% 4%

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project December 2008 survey

What are the Generations Doing Online?What are the Generations Doing Online?

Teens & Generation Y (internet users age 18-32) Entertainment & social networks online

• Seek entertainment through online videos, online games, and virtual worlds, and downloaded music. • Internet users ages 12-32 are more likely than older users to read other people’s blogs and to write their own; are considerably more likely than older generations to use social networking sites and to create • Teen and Generation Y users are also significantly more likely than older generations to send instant messages to friends.

Older generations (ages 33+)Internet as a tool for research, shopping and banking

• Researching health information is the third most popular online activity with the most senior age group, after email and online search.• 80% of Generation X (ages 33-44) internet users buy products online, compared with 71% of internet users ages 18-32, 38% of online teens, 56% of internet users ages 64-72 and 47% of internet users age 73 and older.

Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project surveys taken from 2006-2008.

Got Got Tech?Tech?Which of the

following tech gadgets do you have?

BONUS: BONUS: Who is

TechGadget?

What Gadgets Do Adults Use?• Cell phones

– 85% of all adults own cell phones– 90% of all adults, including 62% of those age 75+, live in a household with at least one working cell

phone.

• Desktop computers are most popular with adults ages 35-65,

• Laptop computer or netbook - Millennials are the only generation that is more likely to own these rather than a than a desktop: 70% own a laptop, compared with 57% who own a desktop.

• iPod or other mp3 player - almost 50% of all adults own one– 74% of adults ages 18-34 own an mp3 player, compared with only 56% of the next oldest

generation, Gen X (ages 35-46).

• Game consoles are uniformly popular with all adults ages 18-46, 63% of whom own these devices.

• Overall, 5% of adults own an e-book reader, and 4% own an iPad or other tablet computer.

About one in 11 (9%) adults do not own any of the devices, including 43% of adults age 75 and older.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Generations & Their Gadgets, February 3, 2011 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Generations-and-gadgets/Overview.aspx

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Generations & Their Gadgets, February 3, 2011 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Generations-and-gadgets/Overview.aspx

Talkin’ ‘bout my GenerationsTalkin’ ‘bout my Generations

Youth Youth

Ages Birth-12

Young Young AdultAdult

13-25

AdultAdult26-56

Older AdultsOlder Adults57+

Elementary/TweensElementary/Tweens5-12

Babies/ToddlersBabies/ToddlersBirth - 4

TeensTeens13-1713-17

Stage 1 Millennials Stage 1 Millennials 18-2518-25

Stage 2 Millennials Stage 2 Millennials 26-3426-34

Gen XGen X35-4635-46

Younger BoomersYounger Boomers47-5647-56

Older BoomersOlder Boomers57-6557-65

SeniorsSeniors66+66+

YoutYouth h Birth-12

Elementary/TweensElementary/Tweens5-12

Babies/ToddlersBabies/ToddlersBirth - 4

Babies Babies & &

ToddlersToddlers

http://bit.ly/KyliePC

An Egyptian man has named his recently born baby girl "Facebook" in the wake of the 18 days of protests that used social media as an organizing tool to overthrow the government there.

Al-Ahram, an Egyptian newspaper, first reported that Gamal Ibrahim, a man in his 20s, chose to name his first daughter Facebook as a way to honor the role the website played in Egypt's undergoing revolution, according to CNN.

Got Got Tech?Tech?What is the holder for?

BONUS: BONUS: Do you want

one for yourself or

someone you know?

Blogs & Blogs & FacebookFacebook

There’s an There’s an App for App for

EveryoneEveryone

http://www.vincigenius.com/““iPad” for iPad” for Babies & Babies & ToddlersToddlers

Elementary Elementary & &

TweensTweens

http://bit.ly/TeaPartyTech

Diary of a Tech Savy Tween

http://bit.ly/VideoJournalGirls

http://www.girlsgotech.org/index.html

IM ME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywkQ2OWBZU&feature=related

My Secret world for DS Nintendo

http://bit.ly/DigitalNationTrailer

Young Young AdultAdult 13-25

TeensTeens13-1713-17

Stage 1 Millennials Stage 1 Millennials 18-2518-25

TeensTeens13-1713-17

http://bit.ly/TextingDaughter

Got Got Tech?Tech?

See the signs on your tables?

What are the letters on them an

example of?

BONUS: BONUS: Can you

translation?

For anyone with a teenaged daughter, For anyone with a teenaged daughter, it isn’t surprising…it isn’t surprising…

“Cell phone texting has become the preferred channel of basic communication between teens and their friends, and cell calling is a close second.”

72% of all teens are text-messengers 72% of all teens are text-messengers (51% in 2006) (51% in 2006)

54% of teens are daily texters54% of teens are daily texters

75% of 12-17 year-olds own cell 75% of 12-17 year-olds own cell phones (45% in 2004) phones (45% in 2004)

SOURCE: Teens and Mobile Phones http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx

Communication Expectations

Living Their Lives OnlineLiving Their Lives Online

Source: Frontline’s Digital Nationhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/relationships/identity/living-their-lives-online.html?play

http://bit.ly/TeenSecretOnlineLife

Stage 1 MillenialsStage 1 Millenials

The Future of ShoppingThe Future of Shopping

http://bit.ly/futureofshopping

Digital Native MapDigital Native Map

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/digital_native.html

Young Women & Activism in the Digital AgeYoung Women & Activism in the Digital Age

For young activists, video is their voiceBy Don Aucoin, Boston Globe Staff | March 5, 2010

When Elisa Kreisinger wanted to protest the newly diminished visibility of gay characters and story lines on television, she didn’t launch a petition drive or write an angry op-ed piece. Instead, like many other members of the YouTube generation for whom the visual language is a native tongue, she found a way to have her say with video rather than words.

Kreisinger remixed scenes from “Sex and the City’’ into a pair of pro-gay narratives, and uploaded the resulting videos to her blog, drawing 21,000 hits.

“I wouldn’t have done it if it was text-based,’’ said Kreisinger, a 23-year-old Simmons College grad from Cambridge. “Things are more easily communicated through video . . . And there can be more powerful statements.’’

http://www.youtube.com/user/viewdle

AdultAdult26-56

Stage 2 Millennials Stage 2 Millennials 26-3426-34

Gen XGen X35-4635-46

Younger BoomersYounger Boomers47-5647-56

An invaluable tool to a working mom. With cameras on WiFi enabled mobile technologies, you can snuggle with your little one even when you are 1,000 miles away on a business trip.

Moms & Technology

http://whateverybabyneeds.com/

http://bit.ly/techwithfather

Me to the World on FB

Me to my 383friends on FB

I would consider the addition of facebook in my life similiar to many others - that is in this very busy time of my life it allows me to take a peak at old friends and families pics to keep up with their lives. A few times it has made communication possible that would probably not have happened if it weren't for facebook. Recently I learned that a friend of mine from college was murdered and i was facebook message'd to let me know what had happened. All of us were able to post messages to her twin sister's facebook page to express our sorrow.

My So Called Facebook Life

I also agree with my sister, however, that the constant access can be distracting. I have a hard time not getting sucked into chats or reading people's updates on Facebook, and even though these tools have allowed me to (re)connect with a number of people that I may never have spoken to again, I also feel that the quality of these relationships is fairly superficial...

what does it really mean to be 'friends' with someone on FB? I am afraid that the superficial nature of these technologically-assisted relationships pervades into our day to day ability to connect with people as well- I almost never pick up the phone to make a call any more because texting is so much quicker. I sometimes feel a little ADD with the constant input- like my brain is not primed for so much data- and I haven't even ventured into the world of Twitter! Maybe this makes me old, but I also believe there is a limit to how much the human brain can process, and I wonder when we will reach the breaking point?

What I can see of my friends…

This is not just a pedicure picture. It is actually a story of connecting across

continents…

The years I lived in the city (2001-2005) my mom and I used to talk to on the phone almost every day while I was walking home from the subway. We never talked this often before and we talked about mostly mundane things interlaced with more important issues. But it did seem like we got to know each other better through these talks. While we talk alot now it is not the same because usually after 2 minutes I have to go because the baby is crying or I have to get back to work.

Connecting with Parents at a Distance

Now that my parents have an internet connection at their house in Ecuador, I was able to have a Skype chat with our Ecuadorian godchildren, who I haven't seen in 2 years. They were all a little shy to talk on the video, and my parents thought that they probably didn't fully understand the concept of how they were seeing me in the US. It is pretty amazing when you think that these kids, who I first met back in 2003, and who live in a one-room shack with no running water in a remote hilltown in Ecuador, are able to sit in front of a computer and see me in San Francisco. I brought the computer around my apartment to show them my cats, my bedroom, etc. Dina, the second youngest got to show me her missing teeth, and I explained the concept of the tooth fairy, at which point her eyes got very wide.

My sister and I do skype calls alot so she can see my son. The calls consist of me putting the computer in a place where my son is playing and my sister talks to him and he goes between laughing at the computer and playing. She and I usually chat while she gets to watch her nephew.

I definitely second my sister’s thoughts in that is has been amazing to be able to use Skype as a tool to watch my nephew grow. Now that I have lived on the West Coast for nearly 8 years, I've gotten used to seeing family only once or twice a year, and I think that the availability of communication technology is what makes this tolerable. I speak to my parents and siblings regularly, wherever they are in the world, but having a baby in the family now makes the visual connection so much more important.

Watching Baby Grow

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For me the "bad" of technology is that it limits the privacy. We can always be found whether on skype, facebook, gmail chat, cellphones...i sometimes find myself changing all of my settings to private or invisible so as to avoid calls or skypes or chats...I feel guilt because my facebook page hasn't been updated and that I have lost touch with friends from Afghanistan even though we all have facebook, email....I often miss the days of home phones and answering machines. I think about this often and why sometimes i profoundly dislike all of this technology. I guess because i often feel busy and the calls and chats interrupt my already hectic life. It can also be a reminder of what my life is not at the moment. For example, friends who have really interesting careers or are on great vacations....Not to make my life sound depressing but at the moment it is stressful. I commute 130 miles a day to work...I dislike my job...My son is a great kid but can be a handful...i don't particularly like where we live...anyway I guess technology can be a reminder of where others are at and where I wish I was. However, I do wonder if everyone is as happy as they seem on their facebook pages!

The Pressures of Technology

Older Boomers & Older Boomers & SeniorsSeniors

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChalutzProductions

Source:http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Older-Adults-and-Social-Media.aspx

• Between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking use among internet users ages 50-64 grew by 88%--from 25% to 47%.

• During the same period, use among those ages 65 and older grew 100%--from 13% to 26%.

• By comparison, social networking use among users ages 18-29 grew by 13%—from 76% to 86%.”

My BFF Rose is on Facebook tooMy BFF Rose is on Facebook too

Social networking use among internet users ages 50+: Social networking use among internet users ages 50+:

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