Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships (Premier Reference Source)

✍ Scribed by Celia Romm Livermore

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 362
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Despite continued public interest in issues relating to gender and computing, there exists a relative scarcity of texts on this topic.Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships provides an overview of the major questions that researchers and practitioners are addressing, outlining possible future directions for theory development and empirical research on gender and computing. This comprehensive reference focuses on three areas of research on gender and computing: gender and computing in the work arena, gender and computing in cyberspace, and gender in eDating.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgement......Page 18
Section 1......Page 19
Gender and Anonymity in Virtual Teams......Page 20
Adopting ICT in the Mompreneurs Business......Page 36
Women in IT Careers......Page 54
An Indo-British Comparison......Page 69
Gender and E-Marketing......Page 91
Women in Information Communication Technologies......Page 106
The Impact of Gender in ICT Usage, Education and Career......Page 117
The Effect of Gender on Associations between Driving Forces to Adopt ICT and Benefits Derived from that Adoption in Medical Practices in Australia......Page 139
Section 2......Page 162
The Not So Level Playing Field......Page 163
Overcoming the Segregation/Stereotyping Dilemma......Page 181
Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blog?......Page 202
Gender Differences in Social Networking Presence Effects on Web-Based Impression Formation......Page 219
Section 3......Page 240
E-Dating......Page 241
How E-Daters Behave Online......Page 255
A Trination Analysis of Social Exchange Relationships in E-Dating......Page 276
Online Matrimonial Sites and the Transformation of Arranged Marriage in India......Page 291
Compilation of References......Page 315
About the Contributors......Page 351
Index......Page 359

✦ Subjects

Социологические дисциплины;Гендерная социология;