Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  How Women and Men Use the Internet (28 Dec 2005) Men and women also value the internet for a second strength, as a gateway to limitless vaults of information. Men reach farther and wider for topics, from getting financial information to political news. Along the way, they work search engines more aggressively, using engines more often and with more confidence than women. Women are more likely to see the vast array of online information as a “glut” and to penetrate deeper into areas where they have the greatest interest, including health and religion. Women tend to treat information gathering online as a more textured and interactive process – one that includes gathering and exchanging information through support groups and personal email exchanges. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/171/report_display.asp Read 76 more articles from Pew Internet Project sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Click "Oh yeah?" - How the Web’s inventor viewed security issues a decade ago          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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