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Gender codes : why women are leaving computing / / edited by Thomas J. Misa
| Gender codes : why women are leaving computing / / edited by Thomas J. Misa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.76
338.761004082 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MisaThomas J |
| Soggetto topico | Women in computer science |
| ISBN |
1-282-68582-1
9786612685828 0-470-61992-9 0-470-61991-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword ix -- Preface xiii -- Contributors xv -- PART I: TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING 1 -- 1 Gender Codes 3 -- Defining the Problem -- Thomas J. Misa -- 2 Computer Science 25 -- The Incredible Shrinking Woman -- Caroline Clarke Hayes -- 3 Masculinity and the Machine Man 51 -- Gender in the History of Data Processing -- Thomas Haigh -- PART II: INSTITUTIONAL LIFE 73 -- 4 A Gendered Job Carousel 75 -- Employment Effects of Computer Automation -- Corinna Schlombs -- 5 Meritocracy and Feminization in Conflict 95 -- Computerization in the British Government -- Marie Hicks -- 6 Making Programming Masculine 115 -- Nathan Ensmenger -- 7 Gender and Computing in the Push-Button Library 143 -- Greg Downey -- PART III: MEDIA AND CULTURE 163 -- 8 Cultural Perceptions of Computers in Norway 1980-2007 165 -- From "Anybody" Via "Male Experts" to "Everybody" -- Hilde G. Corneliussen -- 9 Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images 187 -- Feminine and Masculine Computer Parts -- Aristotle Tympas, Hara Konsta, Theodore Lekkas, and Serkan Karas -- PART IV: WOMEN IN COMPUTING 211 -- 10 The Pleasure Paradox 213 -- Bridging the Gap Between Popular Images of Computing and Women's Historical Experiences -- Janet Abbate -- 11 Programming Enterprise 229 -- Women Entrepreneurs in Software and Computer Services -- Jeffrey R. Yost -- 12 Gender Codes 251 -- Lessons from History -- Thomas J. Misa -- 13 Gender Codes 265 -- Prospects for Change -- Caroline Clarke Hayes -- Bibliography 275 -- Index 297 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996213350303316 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gender codes : why women are leaving computing / / edited by Thomas J. Misa
| Gender codes : why women are leaving computing / / edited by Thomas J. Misa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.76
338.761004082 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MisaThomas J |
| Soggetto topico | Women in computer science |
| ISBN |
1-282-68582-1
9786612685828 0-470-61992-9 0-470-61991-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Tools for understanding -- pt. 2. Institutional life -- pt. 3. Media and culture -- pt. 4. Women in computing. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139189503321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modernity and technology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg
| Modernity and technology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MisaThomas J
BreyPhilip FeenbergAndrew |
| Soggetto topico | Technology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-09968-X
0-262-27993-2 9780585446768 9786612099687 0-585-44676-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Acknowledgments; Workshop Participants; 1 - The Compelling Tangle of Modernity and Technology ; I - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies; 2 - Theorizing Modernity and Technology; 3 - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap; 4 - Critical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Technology Studies ; II - Technologies of Modernity ; 5 - Modernity under Construction: Building the Internet in Trinidad ; 6 - Surveillance Technology and Surveillance Society
7 - Infrastructure and Modernity: Force, Time, and Social Organization in the History of Sociotechnical Systems 8 - Creativity of Technology: An Origin of Modernity?; III - Changing Modernist Regimes ; 9 - The Contested Rise of a Modernist Technology Politics ; 10 - Technology, Medicine, and Modernity: The Problem of Alternatives ; 11 - The Environmental Transformation of the Modern Order ; 12 - Technology, Modernity, and Development: Creating Social Capabilities in a POLIS ; 13 - Modernity and Technology-An Afterword; References ; About the Authors ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454889703321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modernity and technology / / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg
| Modernity and technology / / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MisaThomas J
BreyPhilip FeenbergAndrew |
| Soggetto topico | Technology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| ISBN |
1-282-09968-X
0-262-27993-2 9780585446768 9786612099687 0-585-44676-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Acknowledgments; Workshop Participants; 1 - The Compelling Tangle of Modernity and Technology ; I - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies; 2 - Theorizing Modernity and Technology; 3 - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap; 4 - Critical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Technology Studies ; II - Technologies of Modernity ; 5 - Modernity under Construction: Building the Internet in Trinidad ; 6 - Surveillance Technology and Surveillance Society
7 - Infrastructure and Modernity: Force, Time, and Social Organization in the History of Sociotechnical Systems 8 - Creativity of Technology: An Origin of Modernity?; III - Changing Modernist Regimes ; 9 - The Contested Rise of a Modernist Technology Politics ; 10 - Technology, Medicine, and Modernity: The Problem of Alternatives ; 11 - The Environmental Transformation of the Modern Order ; 12 - Technology, Modernity, and Development: Creating Social Capabilities in a POLIS ; 13 - Modernity and Technology-An Afterword; References ; About the Authors ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779830203321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modernity and technology / / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg
| Modernity and technology / / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MisaThomas J
BreyPhilip FeenbergAndrew |
| Soggetto topico | Technology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-09968-X
0-262-27993-2 9780585446768 9786612099687 0-585-44676-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Acknowledgments; Workshop Participants; 1 - The Compelling Tangle of Modernity and Technology ; I - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies; 2 - Theorizing Modernity and Technology; 3 - Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap; 4 - Critical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Technology Studies ; II - Technologies of Modernity ; 5 - Modernity under Construction: Building the Internet in Trinidad ; 6 - Surveillance Technology and Surveillance Society
7 - Infrastructure and Modernity: Force, Time, and Social Organization in the History of Sociotechnical Systems 8 - Creativity of Technology: An Origin of Modernity?; III - Changing Modernist Regimes ; 9 - The Contested Rise of a Modernist Technology Politics ; 10 - Technology, Medicine, and Modernity: The Problem of Alternatives ; 11 - The Environmental Transformation of the Modern Order ; 12 - Technology, Modernity, and Development: Creating Social Capabilities in a POLIS ; 13 - Modernity and Technology-An Afterword; References ; About the Authors ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828596503321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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