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Adult and Teenage Use of Consumer, Business, and Entertainment Technology: Potholes on the Information Superhighway?
Author(s) -
ROSEN LARRY D.,
WEIL MICHELLE M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1995.tb00039.x
Subject(s) - demographics , information superhighway , entertainment , advertising , marketing , business , the internet , sociology , demography , political science , computer science , world wide web , law
Adults and teenagers were surveyed to determine their use and ownership of 32 consumer, business, and entertainment technology devices. Demographics, technology experience, and “technophobia” were examined as potential discriminators between Confident Users, Hesitant Users, and Nonusers of each technological device. Results indicated that older, technophobic adults with little computer training and lower income, black and Hispanic, technophobic teenagers did not use most technological devices.