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Topic 403 GENDER AND COMPUTER NETWORKS
web:msurman cyberculture zone 10:02 AM Aug 4, 1994
GENDER & COMPUTER NETWORKING
The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture
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ISSN 1068-5723 July 26, 1994 Volume 2 Issue 3
EJVCV2N3 CONTENTS
This entire issue is available as EJVCV2N3 PACKAGE
Table of Contents
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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>
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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.
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 02:39:07 -0400
From: Ermel Stepp <M034050@marshall.bitnet>
To: Multiple recipients of list K12ADMIN <K12ADMIN@suvm.bitnet>
Subject: EJVCV2N3 CONTENTS