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gender issues in computer networking
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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 02:39:07 -0400
From: Ermel Stepp
The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture
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ISSN 1068-5723 July 26, 1994 Volume 2 Issue 3
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Special Issue: Gender Issues in Computer Networking
Guest Editor: Leslie Regan Shade McGill University Graduate Program in Communications shade@ice.cc.mcgill.ca or shade@well.sf.ca.us>
=============== GENDER ISSUES IN COMPUTER NETWORKING
Leslie Regan Shade McGill University shade@ice.cc.mcgill.ca (Available as SHADE V2N3, 544 lines)
Abstract
This introduction to the Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture's Special Issue on Gender Issues in Computer Networking provides a brief overview on the four articles, and a selected bibliography of articles, books, and online resources on gender issues in computing and telecommunications. THE ACCESSIBILITY OF COMPUTERS TO ORGANIZATIONS SERVING WOMEN IN THE PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND: PRELIMINARY STUDY RESULTS
Ellen Balka & Laurel Doucette Memorial University of Newfoundland ebalka@kean.ucs.mun.ca (Available as BALKA V2N3, 1,739 lines)
Abstract
A great deal of the writing about computer networking begins with a declaration that computer networks are a democratizing technology (Knight, 1983; Leary 1984; Gabree 1984; Ruthven, 1983). More recent work (Balka, 1993a) however suggests that the inaccessibility of computer technology in general and computer networking technology in particular prohibits women's organizations from realizing the potential benefits associated with computer networking.
GUIDELINES FOR AN INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Sally Jo Cunningham Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand sallyjo@waikato.ac.nz (Available as CUNNINGH V2N3, 771 lines)
Abstract
The Internet offers a wide variety of forums for exchanging information, forming professional associations, gathering information, and socializing. Its base of active users, however, does not include an equal proportion of men and women--despite the meteoric spread of Internet access beyond its original, predominantly male domain. Studies have noted that many women feel uncomfortable with experimenting on a computer or "playing" with new software. A formal course or training session may give these women the support and guidance they need to explore the capabilities of the Internet. This paper reviews the literature in computer science education, scholarly virtual communities, and bibliographic instruction to determine the desirable characteristics of such a course. Research indicates that an introduction to the Internet should: use software that encourages exploration; stress practical applications of the Internet in the students' interest areas; ensure equal access to hardware and a non-sexist learning environment; contain explicit instruction in Internet communication styles; and provide support for collaborative work and peer group formation.
WEAVERS OF WEBS: A PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMEN ON THE NET
Nancy Kaplan nkaplan@utdallas.edu
Eva Farrell ladye@vortex.ithaca.ny.us (Available as KAPLAN V2N3, 1,311 lines)
Abstract
Gender imbalances within networking culture have prompted an array of interesting research questions about communication practices -- who speaks and to whom, who sets conversational agendas, who "dominates" a discourse. Such studies have generally confirmed the negative experiences of professional women who participate actively in network culture, but what they have not yet examined is the persistence of women in this apparently hostile culture, nor have they generally asked how those women who participate despite male dominance understand their own participate despite male dominance understand their own activities. This study begins to address those questions -- why women seek electronic spaces, what they articulate as their aims, expectations, and desires, how women make their electronic communication practices meaningful to themselves -- by investigating a small community of adolescent women. ```
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