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

• 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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"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.

Table of Contents:

• 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
• 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.