A webliography and several pertinent article citations have been posted to the Net-Gold discussion group that should be of some help to you in this quest for resources and leaders in the issue of the Digital Divide as it relates to women, girls and gender.
From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun Oct 9, 2005 9:55 am Subject: COMPUTER: DIGITAL DIVIDE: Some Resources Regarding Gender Issues and the Digital Divide <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/8760> Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> ================================================ On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Rextivius wrote: > Hello All, > My name is Joe Skubis. I am a doctoral student at St. Joseph's > University in Philadelphia, PA and I am in the preliminary stages of > preparing my dissertation research proposal. The topic that interests me > is the digital divide that exists between the genders. For example, in > the high school that I currently teach, advanced computer courses are > male dominated while application type courses such as word processing > and desktop publishing is heavily female. I am sure that attitude, > perception, and other factors influence this great discrepancy, but as > Robin Kay puts it, this area of study is ripe for theory building. My > question for the academy is twofold. First, who, in your estimation, are > the seminal authors in the gender divide that I should investigate. > Second, can you suggest anything that might lend focus to my study. I > would appreciate any and all help. Please email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
