• CHIRASHREE CHAKRABORTY

Information and communication technologies like mobile phone and internet have left a huge impact on the way live and operate in this world. They have now become an inevitable part of our life. Our dependency on these technologies is slowly but surely escalating day by day as they continue to serve us with multi-faceted functions to ease some of our mundane activities. Accordingly mobile as a mere technological device got transformed into a social device by the virtue of its increasing level of acceptance by the people of the society. A part of the people’s communication is mediated through mobile as they use these devices for communicating and maintaining relationship, co-ordinating everyday life activities, for obtaining information as well as for entertainment purposes. The rigorous use of these technologies has left enormous impact on various social groups, including gender. They have created and recreated gender roles and gender stereotyping. It is widely considered that men have a greater affinity towards technology than female. But the tecgnologies which are our pivotal points of consideration, that is, mobile phones and internet have been widely accessed by both the genders. This paper tries to find out the pattern of use of mobile phone and internet among the males and females. The study is conducted by following sampling method and 60 college students are chosen by following the method of purposive sampling.

Communication technologies, gender identity, gender stereotyping, women life-world

"GENDERED DIMENSION OF THE USE OF INTERNET AND MOBILE PHONE: A Study Based on the Students of Burdwan Town", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.582-587, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811378.pdf

"GENDERED DIMENSION OF THE USE OF INTERNET AND MOBILE PHONE: A Study Based on the Students of Burdwan Town", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp582-587, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811378.pdf