An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences In Cyberspace

Kennedy, Tracy L. M.

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“…Recent research suggests that the extension of ICT (information and communication technologies) into virtually every area of society provides great opportunities for women (Cherny and Weise 1996;Kennedy 2000). It is claimed that ICT have the potential for empowering women, enabling feminist activism and resistance to male power (Harcourt 1999;Sutton and Pollock 2000;Youngs 2001).…”

Section: Women the Internet And Empowermentmentioning

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Parenting gone wired: empowerment of new mothers on the internet?

Madge

O’Connor

2006

Social & Cultural Geography

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The extension of information and communication technologies is purported to provide great opportunities for women, with the potential for empowerment and feminist activism. This paper contributes to the debate about women and cyberspace through a focus on the role of the internet in the lives of a group of technologically proficient, socially advantaged white heterosexual new mothers. The internet played a central role in providing virtual social support and alternative information sources which increased these women's real sense of empowerment in the transition to motherhood. Simultaneously, however, very traditional stereotypes of mothering and gender roles persisted. A paradox is evident whereby the internet was both liberating and constraining: it played an important social role for some women while at the same time it encouraged restrictive and unequal gender stereotypes in this particular community of practice. An examination of new virtual parenting spaces therefore has a contribution to make in understanding changing parenting practices in the new millennium.Key words: Cyberspace, internet, mothers, empowerment.3 Women, the internet and empowermentRecent research suggests that the extension of ICT (information and communication technologies) into virtually every area of society provides great opportunities for women (Cherny and Weise 1996;Kennedy 2000). It is claimed that ICT have the potential for empowering women, enabling feminist activism and resistance to male power (Harcourt 1999;Sutton and Pollock 2000;Youngs 2001). Much has been made of the support, information exchange and political potential afforded to women through online community membership (Kramer and Kramarae 2000;Pudrovska and Ferree 2004;Vehvilainen 2001) and how ICT offer new opportunities for women to develop as entrepreneurs and innovators (Martin and Wright 2005). Others suggest cyberspatial technologies can enable a radical renegotiation of gender relations and challenge patriarchal hegemony (Haraway 1985;Jenson et al. 2003;Travers 2003).However, over zealous claims of the power of ICT for transforming women's lives are not without critics (Gajjala 2003;Gajjala and Mamidipudi 1999;Mitra 2001;Woolgar 2002). Studies have shown how online discourses and practices continue to reflect and reinforce the unequal gender power relations present in onsite institutions and social conventions (Hocks 1999;Josok et al. 2003) and sexist practices abound (Cunneen and Stubbs 2000). Moreover, while the gender gap with regard to internet use is narrowing, the majority of women on the internet still continue to be white academic professionals (Travers 2003). The majority of participants on bulletin boards and listserves are also still men and men also dominate participation volumes and agenda setting even in feminist and mixed-gender cyberspaces (Gurak 2001). Recent studies suggest that effective use of the internet to increase women's empowerment may be overshadowed by its commercialization (Shade 2003) and its role in affirming norms of femi...

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Section: Women the Internet And Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting gone wired: empowerment of new mothers on the internet?

Madge

O’Connor

2006

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…The literature on the digital divide has identified clearly that there is gender divide in the use of ICT or CMC [1,76,82]. Women's use of ICT is shaped generally by their gender-role as care-takers and takes on a social/kin relationship, while men's use is less social, and is more directed towards information seeking [50,82].…”

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“…Women's use of ICT is shaped generally by their gender-role as care-takers and takes on a social/kin relationship, while men's use is less social, and is more directed towards information seeking [50,82]. As such it can be extrapolated that ICT or CMC use for information, education and help-seeking has not been useful because of the patterns of ICT use by females.…”

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An exploratory study of the impact of information communication technology (ICT) or computer mediated communication (CMC) on the level of violence and access to service among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors in Canada

Zaidi

Fernando

Ammar

2015

Technology in Society

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“…Como señalan Burkle y González (2006), la experiencia de las mujeres en el uso de Internet resulta similar a la de ámbitos como las Ciencias y la Tecnología, históricamente masculinizados, en lo que respecta a la incorporación de determinados estereotipos de género (Kennedy, 2000).…”

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Women scientifics networks. La apropiación de los social media para la creación de redes informales de apoyo

Piñeiro-Otero

Sánchez

2013

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ResumenLa penetración alcanzada por Internet y la Web 2.0 ha transformado la forma de relacionarse y de interactuar entre personas. Este cambio ha sido especialmente patente en la migración de las redes de mujeres científicas y tecnólogas a los social media, con la consecuente proyección de estas redes informales de apoyo. En este sentido, el objeto del presente trabajo ha sido analizar la previsión de canales que las organizaciones clásicas de mujeres en la Ciencia y la Tecnología ponen a disposición de sus usuar ias en las redes sociales. Palabras clave: Mujeres, Ciencia, Tecnología, Asociaciones, Redes Sociales. AbstractThe penetration achieved by Internet and Web 2.0 has changed the way people interact. Particularly, the transfer of women scientists and technologists from their classic networks to social media has accomplished a greater projection of those informal support networks for women in Science. In this regard, the purpose of this work was to analyze the forecast of channels that classic women in Science and Technology organizations make available to its users in social networks.

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An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences In Cyberspace

Cited by 45 publications

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Parenting gone wired: empowerment of new mothers on the internet?

Parenting gone wired: empowerment of new mothers on the internet?

An exploratory study of the impact of information communication technology (ICT) or computer mediated communication (CMC) on the level of violence and access to service among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors in Canada

Women scientifics networks. La apropiación de los social media para la creación de redes informales de apoyo

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