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| Shade, Leslie Regan |
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| Gender and Community in the Social Construction of the Internet |
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Digital Formations  Vol. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: 2002 |
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| New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2002. 152 pp. |
| ISBN 978-0-8204-5023-0 pb. |
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| Book synopsis |
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| This book provides a critical analysis of how communication technologies have been gendered through the social practices that are promoted and put to use, with a particular look at the diverse women's cultures and communities that are using the Internet. Emanating from a critical feminist and political-economic perspective, this book provides a policy-oriented framework on access to the Internet from a feminist perspective, as well as suggestions for ensuring that women become actively involved in the continued shaping of digital culture and technology. |
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«Well informed by feminist historical, political, and economic perspectives, Shade provides the critical topics, questions, information, analyses, and forecasts that we need to understand and use the communication technologies of our lives. A lively and clear study.» (Cheris Kramarae, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon; Co-Editor of 'Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge')
«For anyone who needs a place to start with issues about women and communication technologies, this is the book. It gathers together the issues and research findings in one place to help us see the historical, cultural, economic, and political context for women's relationship to the Internet. This resource is a great gift to us all, reminding us that we must be active agents in how new technologies are defined and put to use so that everyone benefits.» (Lana F. Rakow, University of North Dakota) |
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| About the author(s)/editor(s) |
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| The Author: Leslie Regan Shade is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. She has lectured and written widely on the social and policy aspects of the Internet. |
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