Gender and social computing interactions, differences, and relationships /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Romm-Livermore, Celia, 1954-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: Computers and women.; Women in computer science.; Information technology > Social aspects.; Computer mediated communication; Disability identity and gender representation in Second Life; eDating and online behavior; Gender and anonymity in virtual teams; Gender and E-marketing; Gender differences in social networking; Gender segregation; Gender and ICT usage; Women bloggers; Political participation; Women in IT careers
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"This book provides an overview of the major questions that researchers and practitioners are addressing, outlining possible future directions for theory development and empirical research on gender and computing"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Gender and anonymity in virtual teams: an exploratory study / Elizabeth Koh, Na Liu and John Lim
• 2. Adopting ICT in the mompreneurs business: a strategy for growth? / Yvonne Costin
• 3. Women in IT careers: investigating support for women in the information technology workforce / Elaine K. Yakura, Louise Soe and Ruth Guthrie
• 4. An Indo-British comparison / Sunrita Dhar-Bhattacharjee and Haifa Takruri-Rizk
• 5. Gender and E-marketing: the role of gender differences in online purchasing behaviors / Erkan Özdemir
• 6. Women in information communication technologies / Olca Surgevil and Mustafa F. Özbilgin
• 7. The impact of gender in ICT usage, education and career: comparisons between Greece and Germany / Bernhard Ertl, Kathrin Helling and Kathy Kikis-Papadakis
• 8. The effect of gender on associations between driving forces to adopt ICT and benefits derived from that adoption in medical practices in Australia / Rob Macgregor, Peter N. Hyland and Charles Harvey
• 9. The not so level playing field: disability identity and gender representation in Second Life / Abbe E. Forman, Paul M.A. Baker, Jessica Pater and Kel Smith
• 10. Overcoming the segregation/stereotyping dilemma: computer mediated communication for business women and professionals / Natalie Sappleton
• 11. Would Elizabeth Cady Stanton blog?: women bloggers, politics, and political participation / Antoinette Pole
• 12. Gender differences in social networking presence effects on Web-based impression formation / Leslie Jordan Albert, Timothy R. Hill and Shailaja Venkatsubramanyan
• 13. E-dating: the five phases on online dating / Monica T. Whitty
• 14. How E-daters behave online: theory and empirical observations / Celia Romm-Livermore
• 15. A trination analysis of social exchange relationships in E-dating / Sudhir H. Kale and Mark T. Spence
• 16. Online matrimonial sites and the transformation of arranged marriage in India / Nainika Seth and Ravi Patnayakuni.