Tuesday, September 29, 2009

men: finances and politics

men search farther and wider for information including financial information and political views

mundane tasks

men and women equally use the web to do mundane tasks such as but tickets and pay bills

gender in technology

men are more interested in technology than women. men are more tech savvy than women

women more connected to the use of email

women are more zealous online communicators an use email in a more robust way.

women have a tendency to be more involved with communication technologies. you see that in networking sites like facebook. so im not surprised women utilize email more than men. they are also more likely to use email to write friends

less disparity among internet users

recent studies show that women are catching up to men in overall use of the internet.


Monday, September 28, 2009

christainaity.com a bridging website

many religious sites are bonding sites. however, christianity.com attempts to reach non-believers as well. so with that as one of their goals, it is a bridging site.

cnn.com a bridging site

cnn, a popular site to find the latest in news can be considered a bridging site. though news is for the people as a whole, a lot of news is controversial and brings many people of different cultures and ways of life to one site to share the same information.