Gendering the Uses of Social Media

By Molly DePasquale, Intern Are the uses of social networking sites gendered? Do men and women use these sites in different ways, but still reinforce gender stereotypes? An article by Auren Hoffman entitled “The Social Media Gender Gap” from BusinessWeek.com gives a great synopsis of reasons for a noticeable gender gap in the world of […]

Gendering Information and Communication Technologies

By Molly DePasquale, Intern Does gender play a role in the development and implementation of technology? Do societal gender norms influence the perceptions of various Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)? Or, does the evolution of various information and communication technologies influence our societies’ perceptions of gender and what is seen as appropriate or inappropriate? I […]