Monday, May 7, 2007

Typology of Tech Users

A new report from the Pew Research Center entitled A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users suggests that with

the advent of Web 2.0, the ability of people to use a range of information and communication technology as a platform to express themselves online and participate in the commons of cyberspace is often heralded as the next phase of the information society. Yet little is known about which segments of the population are inclined to make robust use of information technology and which aren't.

Links to other similar resources are available as well from the full report

1 comment:

Maria Garrido said...

This is really interesting. I always wonder the different characteristics that make users elite, middle, or low ICT users. The categories I'd found deal only with skills, not so much with the participation of users in different content generation and social networking activities.

Believe it or not, this is a critical element missing in our current project so it is great to have this typology as a reference