The gendered Digital Daily Lives of young people in the city of Saint-Louis, Senegal
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This article is part of a sociological analysis of digital use from a gender perspective. The gendered use of digital technology by young people in so-called intermediate cities such as Saint-Louis in Senegal merits an unveilling by the social sciences in order to obtain a more detailed analysis of their various digital practices. The concepts of social reproduction, capital and field borrowed from Pierre Bourdieu are used as a conceptual framework to shed light on this space, the sceneof many interactions. The quantitative approach adopted involved administering a questionnaire to 549 young people, including 252 girls (46 percent of those surveyed) and 297 young men.These young people, aged between 18 and 24? lived in 7 targed neighbourhoods( peripheral, residential, mixed ) in the commune of Saint-Louis. The aim of this article is to highlight two aspects that should guideour approach to identifying the typology of gendered digital uses: social, empowerment and digital empowerment. Generally speaking digital practices are based on strong interaction, entertainment, content creation and , to a lesser extent, community or political involvement, for both young women and young men with relatively small differences. However, online games and the use of digital platforms requiring more advanced digital skills are still dominated by young men. When it comes to using digital technology for schooling , young women have a higher percentage (32, 53 percent compared to 22.percent for young men). This indicates a transposition of social practices to the digital field
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