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Traditionally, women have lagged behind men in adoption of Internet technologies, but a study released yesterday found that wome
Traditionally, women have lagged behind men in adoption of Internet technologies, but a study released yesterday found that wome
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2013-01-25
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Traditionally, women have lagged behind men in adoption of Internet technologies, but a study released yesterday found that women under age 65 now outpace men in Internet usage. The report, "How Women and Men Use the Internet," examined use by both sexes, looking at what men and women are doing online as well as their rate of adopting new Web-based technologies. "I think the real interesting story is the young women, because that is the one age cohort where there are many more women online," said Deborah Fallows, who wrote the report based on findings from surveys conducted over the past five years. "The younger women are just much more comfortable with the Internet." The report found that 86 percent of women ages 18 to 29 were online, compared with 80 percent of men in the same age group. Among African Americans, 60 percent of women are online, compared with 50 percent of men.
In other age groups, the disparity is only slight, with women outpacing men by 3 percentage points. However, among the older group, those age 65 and older, 34 percent of men are online, compared with 21 percent of women. It’s enough of a disparity, Fallows said, to keep men in the overall lead in Internet usage, 68 percent to 66 percent. Men tend to use the Web for information and entertainment--getting sports scores and stock quotes and downloading music--while women tend to be heavier users of mapping and direction services, and communication services such as e-mail. And, in general, men are more likely to be early adopters of technology than women, the survey found.
A separate survey released earlier this week seemed to underscore the finding of the report. Of those who listen to podcasts distributed over the Internet, 78 percent are men and 22 percent are women. "With podcasting just over a year old, the current maleness of the podcast audience at the aggregate level is consistent with gender usage trends of the early Web." Mark McCrery, cofounder and chief executive of Podtrac, said in a statement. Over time, however, there likely will be "a more balanced gender composition of the podcast audience," he said. Fallows agreed but also said that the disparity between the sexes among younger people was especially interesting because it could shape the way the general population uses technology and the Web in the future. "It’s hard to say where that will settle," she said. "I imagine things will even out over time, because there is so much for everyone online."
By mentioning the podeast the author wants to tell us that ______ .
选项
A、there will be a balanced gender composition of the podcast audience
B、the gender usage trends of podcast is rather different from early Web
C、men do much more meaningful things when they are surfing the net
D、men are more likely to be early adopters of technology than women
答案
D
解析
作者在最后一段提出了podcast的例子并引用了别人的评价:在总体水平上博客用户中男性的比例高于女性与以前网络刚出现时体现的性别差异是一致的。我们可以推断作者是想说,就像现在podcast刚出现时一样,在网络刚刚出现时,使用者大多是男性。D显然是作者举例子的目的。
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