Gender and Information Technology Reviews

Author: Mary Kirk
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Publisher: IGI Global
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ISBN: 1599047861
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The exponential growth of technology and concurrent information revolution is creating a tremendous cultural shift on a global scale.Gender and Information Technology review. However, the direction of that shift is being determined by those privileged few who participate. Women and people of color remain underrepresented as developers, users and beneficiaries of technology.

Using gender as a starting point, Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership offers an interdisciplinary, social systems perspective on how shifting from a dominator social system towards a partnership system--as reflected in four primary social institutions (communication, media, education, and business)--might help us move beyond the simplistic notion of access to information technology towards partnership in co-creating a real digital revolution worldwide. This significant, compelling title defines core roots of the problem while proposing solutions in which we can all participateRead full reviews of Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership.

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Todays immense technological growth benefits many; however, it remains a privilege as it only benefits those with digital information access. Also, despite the growth of computer systems and technology in society, the percentage of women, in particular women of color, involved in the technological expansion has continued at a decrease. Women in Computing and IT: Issues and Strategies Toward a Partnership Model explores the decline in female involvement in technology as well as other discriminato

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Review "This two-volume reference is a must-have resource for academics, practitioners, and policy makers alike." --Prof. Jeria Quesenberry, Pennsylvania State University, USAAbout the AuthorEileen M. Trauth, Ph.D. is Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Director of the Center for the Information Society at Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research is concerned with societal, cultural and organizational influences on information technology and the information technology professions. She has published papers and books on qualitative research methods, global informatics, i

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Gender and Information Technology Reviews

However, the direction of that shift is being determined by those privileged few who participate. Women and people of color remain underrepresented as developers, users and beneficiaries of technology.

Using gender as a starting point, Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership offers an interdisciplinary, social systems perspective on how shifting from a dominator social system towards a partnership system--as reflected in four primary social institutions (communication, media, education, and business)--might help us move beyond the simplistic notion of access to information technology towards partnership in co-creating a real digital revolution worldwide. This significant, compelling title defines core roots of the problem while proposing solutions in which we can all participate.