I replied to Adrienne in private about factors that could mediate the relationship between gender and attitudes toward ICTs. We know that men and women use the internet for different purposes. And also how familiar people are with ICTs can also affect their attitudes. Of course I included these issues in my lit review. Chang From: Sarah Blackmun-Eskow [mailto:sarahblackmun@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:22 PM To: Chang Z. Lin (Uoft) Cc: Adrienne Redd; citasa@list.citasa.org Subject: Re: [CITASA] Studies on effects of Gender and age on attitudes ICTs Sure, but there are many other variables that could affect attitude toward ICTs. How does the design of the study eliminate those other variables, so that we can be sure of the causal relationship? The research community cannot just take your word for this. "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry Truman. Sarah Blackmun-Eskow 290 North Fairview Avenue Goleta CA 93117 805-637-1856 sarahblackmun@ <mailto:sarahblackmun@cox.net> gmail.com www.pangaeanetwork.org On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Chang Z. Lin (Uoft) <chang.lin@utoronto.ca> wrote: Hi Adrienne, There are studies, as some on this listserv have suggested, that document significant gender and age differences in people's attitudes toward ICTs. I don't need to find studies about the "truly causal relationship" in this case, a strong correlation is enough because it is extremely unlikely that positive or negative attitudes toward ICTs could affect people's gender or age. Chang From: Adrienne Redd [mailto:adrienne@redd.com] Sent: October-12-12 7:41 PM To: Chang Z. Lin (UofT) Cc: <citasa@list.citasa.org> Subject: Re: [CITASA] Studies on effects of Gender and age on attitudes ICTs What scholarly literature informs your hypothesis that there is a truly causal relationship between gender or age and ICT? There is a concern regarding spurious correlation. What are the actual causal factors? Adrienne Redd On Oct 11, 2012, at 10:18 PM, "Chang Z. Lin \(UofT\)" <chang.lin@utoronto.ca> wrote: Hi all, I'm in the middle of doing lit review for a MA thesis, and I'd appreciate if anyone can point me to some literature on the effects of gender and age (and maybe other factors) on people's attitudes toward various ICTs. Thanks, Chang _______________________________________________ CITASA mailing list CITASA@list.citasa.org http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org _______________________________________________ CITASA mailing list CITASA@list.citasa.org http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org