.Who usesTechnology more?

My project intends to solve whether males spend more time using technology for pleasure than females.  Popular belief is that males enjoy electronics very much, whether it is playing video games, using their computers, watching t.v., etc.  I went to Google.com and typed in: the amount of time males and females spend on technology for fun.  Then I clicked on this link: <http://nfp.cba.utulsa.edu/bajaja/MyInfo/bookchapters/KaiZhengFinal.doc.> According to this website, research has proven that males are more technologically inclined than females, therefore are more confident in computers than females.  Males are more likely to perceive that learning about computers is fun.  Men use computers for many tasks, but females tend to use computers mainly for work-related tasks.  Compared to males, females are more likely to experience stress in using PCs.  This could have something to do with the amount of experience that a person has with computers.  Males and females could have the same interest in computers and can be equally proficient if the amount of experience was controlled.  Both males and females spend time on the internet for fun, but a survey has found out that females spend 3.16% of their online time viewing entertainment-oriented content, such as reviews, music, and online novels, while males spend 14.69%.

I went to google.com again and typed in: the amount of time males and females spend using technology for fun.  This website: http://www.srbi.com/gaming.html, states that more than a quarter of Americans play games, whether online or video games.

Even though both males and females equally spend time on online games, this websites indicates that males (ages 12-55) are 19% more likely than females, the same age, to play online games for the competition.  Females are more likely to play to pass time.  Males are 28% more likely to play video games than females.  According to the What’s Your Favorite chart, 16% of males spend their leisure time watching t.v., while only 13% of females spend their leisure time watching t.v.  12% of males play video games, while only 2% of females play video games in their free time.  Even though the percentage of males and females playing online games is close, males were higher by one percent. (6% to 5%)

Another website that I went to from google.com is: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=773 .  This site states that college men are 5% more likely to own a portable video game system than college women.  This site talks about many different tasks and objects that have to do with technology, but my project is only about those that are used for fun and entertainment.  College women spend about 2.7 hours a week playing online computer games, while men spend about 2.9 hours a week.  Men are 12% more likely to own MP3 players than females.  Men are also 6% more likely to watch videos/DVDs daily than females.  Also, men are seven times more likely than women to play video games on a non-portable system daily.  8% of college men download music daily versus 5% of women.