Department of Academic Development and Counseling, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745, USA.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2010 Dec;13(6):619-27. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0357. Epub 2010 Apr 3.
Because campus officials are relying on personal communication technologies to communicate with students, a question arises about access and usage. Although communication technologies are popular among college students, some evidence suggests that differences exist in ownership and use. We examined patterns of student ownership and use of cell phones and use of instant messaging, focusing on three predictors of digital inequality: gender, ethnicity, and income. Logistic and hierarchical linear regression analyses were used to analyze results from 4,491 students. The odds that female and white students owned cell phones were more than twice as high as for men and African-American students. Students in the $100,000-$149,000 per year income bracket were more than three times as likely to own a cell phone than those from the median bracket. However, being female, African-American, and/or from the highest income brackets was positively predictive of the number of text messages sent and the amount of time spent talking on a cell phone per week. We found no differences between students on the use of instant messaging. Implications of these results, as well as areas for further research, are provided.
由于校园官员依靠个人通信技术与学生沟通，因此出现了访问和使用方面的问题。尽管通信技术在大学生中很流行，但有证据表明，所有权和使用情况存在差异。我们研究了学生拥有和使用手机以及使用即时消息的模式，重点关注数字不平等的三个预测因素：性别、种族和收入。使用逻辑回归和分层线性回归分析方法对 4491 名学生的结果进行了分析。女性和白人学生拥有手机的可能性是男性和非裔美国学生的两倍多。年收入在 10 万至 14.9 万美元之间的学生拥有手机的可能性是中等收入阶层学生的三倍多。然而，女性、非裔美国人和/或来自最高收入阶层的学生发送短信的数量和每周使用手机通话的时间都呈正相关。我们没有发现学生在使用即时消息方面存在差异。提供了这些结果的影响以及进一步研究的领域。
