gender and computing

[caroline macafee]

Thank you. Yes, she has written in this area. I'm glad to have her email 
address.

Caroline

At 08:31 12/09/2005 +1200, you wrote:
>I would recommend contacting Susan Herring who has worked in this area
>from gender perspective though I am not sure if she has focussed on
>blogging in particular
>
>Susan Herring (herring at steel.ucs.indiana.edu)
>
>Good luck
>
>Janet
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caroline macafee [mailto:c.macafee at ABDN.AC.UK]
>Sent: Monday, 12 September 2005 8:04 a.m.
>To: FLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: gender and computing
>
>I am involved in a research project on women and blogging. It is
>suggested that women participate in this medium at a higher level than
>in other forms of computer-mediated communication, but that they are
>less likely to use it in the original web logging (filter blogging)
>function (where the blogger makes brief comments on sites to which links
>are given), and more likely to use blogging for a personal journal (as
>do many males, especially younger ones). There has been some hostility
>between the two sub-communities of bloggers, which has got tangled up
>with American gender politics.
>
>I am interested in looking at this area from the point of view of gender
>differences in styles of communication, and I would very much like to
>hear from, or be put in contact with, anyone who may be working in the
>same, or a similar, area.
>
>With thanks
>
>Dr Caroline Macafee
>
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>caroline macafee
>c.macafee at abdn.ac.uk


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caroline macafee
c.macafee at abdn.ac.uk