Technology, Gender and Time: A Contribution to the Debate

Araújo, Emília Rodrigues

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00414.x

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“…They were more likely than the men to say that they were not satisfied with their life balance. Even though a larger Australian study would be needed to confirm these trends, it is unlikely that the results would differ from these because they are very similar to those found in larger studies (Araújo 2008;Menzies and Newson 2008;O'Laughlin and Bischoff 2005).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…A Portuguese study (Araújo 2008) about the impact of technology on academics' lives pointed to the hazards of the colonization of time-spaces of their social lives with increasing work at home. She described how technology reshaped the homes and lifestyles of the academics she studied, creating different temporal and spatial experiences marked by a struggle to maintain boundaries between working and non-working time.…”

Section: Setting the Scenementioning

confidence: 99%

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E-technology and work/life balance for academics with young children

2010

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Since the late 1980s, research on post-industrialized economies shows that the boundary between work and family is increasingly becoming blurred. The continuing evolution of e-technology allows work for some to be done anywhere, anytime. This article examines the degree to which e-technology has transferred work into the home lives of academics and how this has affected their work/life balance. Drawing on a study in an Australian university of academics with young children, we utilise the terms 'work extensification' and 'work intensification' to explore whether these new technologies are a blessing or a curse in their work lives. At the same time we describe the deteriorating working conditions for Australian academics whose work has intensified and extended into their private lives with longer working hours in a speeded up environment. Our findings revealed the use of metaphors such as invasion and intrusion of e-technologies into academics' homes and their need to establish boundaries to separate work and family life. Most felt that having e-technologies at home was of benefit to their work but they came at a cost to their family life-delivering a blessing and a curse.

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Section: Setting the Scenementioning

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E-technology and work/life balance for academics with young children

2010

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“…Personal computers and smartphones can help individuals make the most of their time by allowing them to work from home (Golden, 2013) or outside of the college classroom (Holley & Oliver, 2009), and technological advances are frequently lauded for their ability to free up time for other activities (Robinson & Godbey, 2005). At the same time, technology can blur the boundaries between home and work (Arau´jo, 2008;Golden & Geisler, 2007), creating a greater sense of time-related stress (Southerton, 2007). An ever-increasing number of communication technologies can also create greater expectations for staying in touch (Turkle, 2011), adding additional relational tasks to our daily schedule.…”

Section: Pace Of Life and Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Should I Text or Should I Call?: How College Students Navigate Mediated Connections with Family

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Bourdeaux²,

DiTunnariello³

2014

Communication and Information Technologies Annual

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Purpose À This study investigated how college students' pace of life and perceptions of communication technologies shape the choices they make when engaging in mediated communication with their parents.Methodology À We conducted 21 interviews to explore how students' understandings of various communication technologies, the rules and patterns of technology use in their families, and the circumstances surrounding their use of technologies while at college influence the number and type of media they use to communicate with their parents.Findings À We found that perceived busyness and generational differences played a large role in limiting technologies used, with environmental Communication and Information Technologies Annual Doing and Being Digital: Mediated Childhoods factors, the purpose of communication, and complexity of message also contributing to technology choices.Originality À This study extends media multiplexity theory by investigating media choice and relational tie strength in an intergenerational context.Technology has fundamentally changed the way that young adults communicate with their family when they are away at college. While former generations were limited to letters or occasional phone calls, today's parents can check in with their children via phone call or text message, send them an email, write on their Facebook wall, or interact with them in real time via video chat. With American families describing themselves as busier than ever before (Darrah, Freeman, & English-Lueck, 2007;Schulte, 2014), the majority of college students working at least part-time while attending school (Kingkade, 2013), and an increasing emphasis on maximizing efficiency in daily life (Southerton, 2007), having a variety of communication options has become more important for staying in touch. This study takes up the question of how multiplying communication options and perceptions of increased busyness affect the nature and quality of mediated interactions between college students and their parents. Here mediated interactions are defined as any use of technology for transmission of content across time and space. Previous scholarship has established the importance of frequent, positive communication to the maintenance of parentÀchild relationships during the college years (Morr Serewicz, Dickson, Huynh Thi Anh Morrison, & Poole, 2007; Orrego & Rodriguez, 2001), the impact different technologies have on the process of communication (Baym, 2010), and the increasing use of technology to facilitate communication between college students and their family members (Levine & Dean, 2012). However, we know less about how families make decisions about their technology use, what role pace of life plays in these decisions, and the relational outcomes of these decisions. To address these questions, the current study explores mediated interactions between children and parents through interviews with current college students.Other scholars studying mediated interactions and interpersonal relationships have suggested differing answers...

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“…The contributions to this issue cover a wide range of topics from a critical perspective on work–life balancing acts (Roberts, 2008) to a study of gender divisions in information communications technology (ICT) cultures that sets the tone for influencing future possibilities (Moore et al . ); from in‐depth accounts of gendered uses of ICT (Menzies and Newson, 2008) to the consequences of time use for academic life, and the future chances for knowledge development (Araújo, 2008). The contributions were gathered from a call for papers inviting readers to reflect on the relationships between time and gender.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%