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Globalization, technology diffusion and gender disparity social impacts of ICTs /

"This book discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents a number of case studies from various countries, covering topics such as social networking, ICT use among women, the digital divide, and theoretical approaches to gender gaps and ICT"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Pande, Rekha, 1955-, Weide, Th. van der.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
Subjects:
Information technology > Social aspects.
Digital divide.
Internet users > Sex differences.
Technology and women.
Access and use of ICTs
Career values and motivation
Gender and employability
Gender gap and ICT
Gender symbolism
Gender, culture, and ICT
Gendering professionalism
Social networking technologies
Gender divide
Virtual tourism
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505 0 # |a 1. A digital (r)evolution to the information age / Th.P. van der Weide -- 2. ICT and women empowerment in a rural setting in India / Nirupama Prakash -- 3. Globalization, information and communication technologies, and women's lives / Gillian Youngs -- 4. Gender, culture, and ICT use / B. Ratna Kumari -- 5. Gendering professionalism in the internationalization of information work / Esther Ruiz Ben -- 6. Women, big ideas, and social networking technologies: hidden assumptions / Zhang Wei and Cheris Kramarae -- 7. From drift to draft: international institutional responses to the global digital divide / Roxana Georgiana Radu -- 8. Exclusiveness vs. inclusiveness in software development: the triple-loop-learning approach / Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger -- 9. The gender divide: attitudinal issues inhibiting access / Vinitha Johnson -- 10. Gender symbolism and technology uptake: a literature review / Ruth Nsibirano, Consolata Kabonesa and Aramanzan Madanda -- 11. Gender aspects in the use of ICT in information centres / Shahida Mutaza and Lalitha K. Sami -- 12. User perceptions of information quality in e-learning systems: a gender and cultural perspective / Mona Alkhattabi, Daniel Neagu and Andrea Cullen -- 13. Challenges faced by women: BPO sector / P. Jyothi -- 14. Indian women working in call centers: sites of resistance? / Doreen J. Mattingly -- 
505 8 # |a 15. Re-examining the career anchor model: an investigation of career values and motivations among women in the information technology profession / Jeria L. Quesenberry -- 16. Gender and employability patterns amongst UK ICT graduates: investigating the leaky pipeline / Ruth Woodfield -- 17. Virtual tourism as a new form of oppression against women / M N. Rajesh -- 18. Filipino cyborg sexualities, chatroom masculinities, self-ascribed identities, ephemeral selves / Alvin S. Concha -- 19. End-users' acceptance of biometrics authentication to secure e-commerce within the context of Saudi culture: applying the UTAUT model / Fahad AL Harby, Rami Qahwaji and Mumtaz Kamala -- 20. The case of the U.S. mother / cyberspy / undercover Iraqi militant: or, how global women have been incorporated in the technological War on Terror / Winifred R. Poster -- 21. Western work worlds and altering approaches to marriage: an empirical study of women employees of call centers in India / Shelly Tara and P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan -- 22. Gender gaps and information and communication technology: a case study of India / Rekha Pande. 
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653 # # |a Gendering professionalism 
653 # # |a Social networking technologies 
653 # # |a Gender divide 
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