Format:
XVII, 306 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
0470597194
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9780470597194
Content:
The computing profession is facing a serious gender crisis. Women are abandoning the computing field. This book explains the complex social and cultural processes at work in gender and computing today. Through engaging historical accounts, this book tells the stories of women programmers, systems analysts, managers, and IT executives who flooded this field. It then examines why the computing field has declined in female participants.--[book cover]
Note:
Includes bibliography and index
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Gender codes : defining the problem
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Computer science : the incredible shrinking woman
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Masculinity and the machine man : gender in the history of data processing
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A gendered job carousel : employment effects of computer automation
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Meritocracy and feminization in conflict : computerization in the British government
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Making programming masculine
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Gender and computing in the push-button library
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Cultural perceptions of computers in Norway 1980-2007 : from "anybody" via "male experts" to "everybody"
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Constructing gender and technology in advertising images : feminine and masculine computer parts
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The pleasure paradox : bridging the gap between popular images of computing and women's historical experiences
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Programming enterprise : women entrepreneurs in software and computer services
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Gender codes : lessons from history
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Gender codes : prospects for change
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Gender codes Hoboken, N.J : Wiley, 2010 ISBN 9781118035139
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1118035135
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470619926
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0470619929
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470619919
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0470619910
Language:
English
Subjects:
Computer Science
Keywords:
Informatik
;
Computerindustrie
;
Frau
;
Aufsatzsammlung
