<論文>コミュニケーション・メディアの利用形態とジェンダー : JIS2004の分析から

Abstract

The spread of new interpersonal media has changed our lifestyles in myriad of ways. "Anytime, anywhere connectivity", which is the characteristic of these emerging communicative technologies, breaks the limitation of time and space. Thus the previous division of public and private is undergoing a significant transformation. In addition, blurring of the public and private distinction, which is supposedly instigated by the new types of communicational tools, is one of the most prominent aspects. Because of the highly gendered nature of these boundaries (men at work and women at home), the shifting of public/private division cannot be analyzed properly without taking into account that it has a different meaning between male and female. Therefore, this research depicts this situation through the data analysis of JIS2004 (The Japan Survey on Information Society 2004), focusing on gender difference in media usage pattern.