Gender codes [Risorsa elettronica] : why women are leaving computing / edited by Thomas J. Misa |
Autore | Misa, Thomas J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N. J. : Wiley |
Disciplina | 338.761004082 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Informatica
Computer Science |
ISBN | 9780470619926 |
Formato | Risorse elettroniche |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990009789660403321 |
Misa, Thomas J. | ||
Hoboken, N. J. : Wiley | ||
Risorse elettroniche | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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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