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Further Readings
Adams, C. (2018). They go for gender first. Routledge. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2017.1350115
One of the most critical and formative moments is Gamergate, a reaction to a supposed online scandal which resulted in a largely male tech community engaging in harassment of female writers, journalists, critics and gamers.
Carter, C., Steiner, L., & McLaughlin, L. (Eds). (2013). The Routledge companion to media and gender. New York: Routledge.
This comprehensive volume includes contributions from scholars around the world on the topic of media and gender, including issues of production and policymaking, representation, audience engagement, and the place of gender in media studies.
Mendes, K., Ringrose, J., & Keller, J. (2018). #MeToo and the promise and pitfalls of challenging rape culture through digital feminist activism. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 25(2), 236–246.
In this article, the authors investigate how feminists turn to digital technologies and social media platforms to dialogue, network, and organize against contemporary sexism, misogyny, and rape culture.
Ford, H., & Wajcman, J. (2017). ‘Anyone can edit’, not everyone does: Wikipedia’s infrastructure and the gender gap. Social Studies of Science, 47(4), 511-527. doi:10.1177/0306312717692172
While Wikipedia might be seen as representing the democratisation of knowledge, this study of its volunteer editor community reveals an ongoing and as-yet unresolved gender gap
Recommended Websites
These Are the 11 Wealthiest Women in Tech
www.businessinsider.sg/11-wealthiest-women-in-tech-2014-7/#.U-PXIuM7t8H
This article in Business Insider showcases the 11 wealthiest women in the high-tech industry, including Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Sandberg has also written a book based on her experiences in the industry, and has signed a movie deal with Sony Pictures.
Gender inequality is alive and kicking in technology
http://theconversation.com/gender-inequality-is-alive-and-kicking-in-technology-92539
Even with large improvements in the numbers of women working in the technology field and engaging with technology, women face exclusion in almost every sphere from the crucial informal communities that support technological developments to the workplace.
Doing IT around the World Albums
This is website portrays the daily lives of women around the world who take part in the technology industry. The areas of technology that they engage in are varied and include software development, hardware, consulting, and knowledge management.
Gender Gap
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/reshmasaujani/tech-gender-gap-pipeline-myth
This editorial discusses some of the frustrations involved in the popular discourse surrounding gender issues in the tech field, challenging the popular conceit that the lack of women in tech is merely a weakness in the educational system, failing to produce enough female tech graduates- the so-called “pipeline myth.”