Table 1.

Gender, media exposure and media preferences.

	Boys	Girls	Total
Exposure (% >2 hrs per day)
TV	44.9	42.2	43.6
Music videos	6.3	10.6	8.4
Internet surfing	47.6	47.6	47.5
Internet chatting	27.2	37.7	32.1
TV preferences (scale 1–5)
News/info	2.9 (.9)	2.7 (.9)	2.8 (.9)
Comedy	4.3 (1.0)	4.3 (.9)	4.3 (.9)
Soap	2.6 (1.2)	4.0 (1.1)	3.3 (1.3)
Reality TV	2.7 (1.2)	3.0 (1.1)	2.8 (1.2)
Romantic movies	2.8 (1.2)	4.2 (.9)	3.5 (1.3)
Action movies	4.6 (.8)	4.3 (.9)	4.5 (.8)
Sports	4.0 (1.3)	2.8 (1.4)	3.4 (1.4)
Music Videos	4.0 (1.1)	4.2 (.9)	4.0 (1.0)
Erotica	3.5 (1.2)	2.1 (1.0)	2.7 (1.3)
Music preferences (scale 1–5)
Chart pop	3.7 (1.1)	4.1 (1.0)	3.9 (1.1)
Hip-hop	3.6 (1.4)	3.9 (1.2)	3.7 (1.3)
R&B	3.5 (1.4)	4.0 (1.2)	3.7 (1.3)
Rock	2.9 (1.4)	2.6 (1.3)	2.8 (1.4)
Heavy Metal	2.1 (1.3)	1.8 (1.1)	2.0 (1.2)
Punk/Alternative	2.6 (1.6)	2.5 (1.5)	2.5 (1.5)
Dance/House	3.3 (1.3)	3.4 (1.1)	3.4 (1.2)
Techno	2.7 (1.4)	2.5 (1.3)	2.6 (1.2)
Hardhouse	3.5 (!.5)	3.4 (1.4)	3.4 (1.5)
Classic music	1.7 (1.0)	1.7 (.9)	1.7 (1.0)
Internet surfing (scale 1–5)
Fun	4.0 (.9)	3.8 (. 9)	3.9 (.9)
Info	2.9 (1.1)	2.9 (1.0)	2.9 (1.0)
Music	4.3 (.9)	4.5 (.7)	4.4 (.8)
Erotica	3.3 (1.3)	1.6 (.9)	2.5 (1.4)
Internet chatting (scale 1–5)
Friends	4.4 (.9)	4.5 (.9)	4.4 (.9)
New friends	3.2 (1.2)	3.0 (1.2)	3.1 (1.2)
Romantic partners	2.8 (1.2)	2.4 (1.2)	2.6 (1.2)

Scales range from 1 “do not like at all/never” to 5 “like very much/daily”. Bold typeface indicates gender differences (t-tests, p < .01).