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ERIC Number: EJ681596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan-1
Pages: 12
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3987
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For Internet Knowledge, Should You Ask Ol' Blue Eyes or the Brown-Eyed Girl?
Boshier, Roger; Kolpakova, Yulia; Klinkhamer, Sooz
Educational Media International, v41 n2 p117-128 Jan 2004
The digital divide is generally thought to arise from socio-economic disparities. However, there is more to it. Eye colour is a factor. In this study, the 16 multiple-choice item Internet Quiz was administered to 3,208 respondents in the Lower Mainland (Vancouver) of British Columbia, Canada. Blue and hazel-eyed people knew significantly more about the Internet than green, grey or brown/black-eyed people. However, when the effects of language-spoken-at-home and socio-economic status were controlled, brown/black-eyed people scored about the same as people with green, hazel, blue or grey eyes. There are significant relationships between eye colour and Internet knowledge and further research is warranted. Work that suggests dark-eyed people respond to colour and light-eyed people to form appears relevant to the acquisition of Internet knowledge.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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