Jeff Bercovici’s recent article on Forbes.com explains the key findings of the latest poll by the Pew Internet & American Life Project:
When it comes to managing their social media profiles, women, on average, behave more like mature, responsible adults while men act like impulsive adolescents.
Some of the gender differences include:
- Allow only friends to view content: two-thirds of women – less than half of men
- Have deleted people from network: 67% of women – 58% of men did so.
- Regret some content posted: 8% women – 15% men
So What?
This research suggests a significant gender privacy gap on social media.
- Do you agree that the data suggests women are smarter than men with regard to the manner in which they use social media? Why or why not?
- Why do you think men are more impulsive in their usage of social media?
- Will knowledge of this gender gap have an impact on how you will use social media in the future? If so, how?