men vs. women online

The Web: Men vs. Women online.

Studies show that men use the internet more than women. Why is that?

Dr. Nancy Hemenway thinks its motivation.

Men view things different from women on the net.

Women still lag behind in internet use but are starting to catch up.

Women e-mail more then men.

Men tend to look for more variety of topics and spend hours online.

Men use the internet for recreational purposes like sport websites.

Both men and women tend to do transactions online.

BRIDGING AND BONDING

Bonding websites like myspace, twitter, and facebook all connect people of the same genre. Myspace is a website where people can send messages to each other and view profiles of one another.. Facebook and Twitter are websites where people can talk to each like a regular phone conversation and put their daily lives on blast.

Bridging websites like Babyphat, BET, and MTV are websites where people of the same age group link. Babyphat bridges the shop a holics together. BET bridges people of the black race together. MTV bridges the pop culture together.

Net Neutrality

Have you ever thought if you pay more for your internet service it would be better and faster? Do you know there are people that pay more for their internet service? Why shouldn't everyone have access to the same internet service? The FCC wants to devise a plan that would neutralize internet access for everyone. Instead of high rollers paying more and getting the best internet service, everyone would have the same amount of speed and pay the same price. In the article on the website networkworld.com you can read more on the plan the FCC has to put this plan into place. The internet should not have restrictions.

These are the internet usage facts from around the world. Starting with North America 251,735,500 people use the internet. United States has the most users with 227,636,040 users. South America has 134,086,439 users with Brazil having 67,510,400 users. Central America has 32,607,300 users with Mexico having 27,400,000 users. The Carribean has 9,140,700 users with the Dominican Republic having 3,000,000 users and Jamaica has 1,540,000 users. Europe overrides North America with 402,380,474 users with Germany having 55,221,183 users. those are the facts for today.