Role of new media in women empowerment and its development: A comparative study on the adolescent girls of Kamrup rural and Kamrup metro of Assam

Pages: 356-358
Bijoyeta Das and Mala Chaliha Talukdar (Department of Psychology, Gauhati University, Assam)

New Media is a 21st century catchall term used to define all that is related to the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound. The adolescents view the internet as a useful source of information and channel for speedy communication. Here the rural and urban communities differ in many respect including the accessibility of electronic information. The study was done in Kamrup Districts as there seems to be a rapid growth in many aspects which has been enhancing day by day. Adolescent girls are believed to go through critical time of life when important decisions are made that could dramatically impact the future trajectory of lives. This study was done on 30 adolescent girls of CBSE Schools of Kamrup Districts of Assam with an equal ratio of girls both from urban and rural background. It was found that the female adolescents in Kamrup metro reported of high levels of internet use for academic purposes, while the female adolescents from Kamrup rural were also highly academic oriented, but had spent lesser time in internet.