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Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology

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Contents\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n1 Women Fighting Gender Stereotypes in a Gender\\\\r\\\\nEgalitarian Culture 1\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: Continuous Gender Disparity in Technology 2\\\\r\\\\nWhat makes Women Enter IT? 5\\\\r\\\\nWomen’s Underrepresentation—A Multidimensional\\\\r\\\\nChallenge 7\\\\r\\\\nTheoretical and Methodological Framework for the Book 8\\\\r\\\\nEmpirical Material 13\\\\r\\\\nAnalytical Framework 15\\\\r\\\\nStructure of the Book 17\\\\r\\\\n2 The Unsolved Mystery of the Gender Imbalance in IT 21\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: A Western Challenge 21\\\\r\\\\nNumbers Talking 22\\\\r\\\\nBarriers for Women’s Participation in IT 24\\\\r\\\\nA Nordic Gender Equality Paradox 26\\\\r\\\\nWhat Brings Women to IT? 28\\\\r\\\\nEffects of Recruitment Measures 32\\\\r\\\\nAlternative Training Arenas 34\\\\r\\\\nStereotypes Affecting Supporters 35\\\\r\\\\nChallenging the Notion of Gender Equality 37\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nx\\\\r\\\\n3 Women’s Chronological Pathways to IT Education 41\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: Looking for Positive Drivers and Turning Points 41\\\\r\\\\nA Chronological Drawing of the Pathways to IT 43\\\\r\\\\nPathway 1: Interest in IT as a Driving Factor 45\\\\r\\\\nPathway 2: Recruited into IT Education 49\\\\r\\\\nPathway 3: An Unintended and Accidental Study Choice 52\\\\r\\\\nPathway 4: An Alternative Platform 54\\\\r\\\\nPathway 5: A Detour before “Discovering” IT 56\\\\r\\\\nPathway 6: Encouraged because IT is Suitable for Girls 59\\\\r\\\\nLessons from the Pathways 61\\\\r\\\\n4 Girl Power: Reconstructing the Gendered Space of IT 63\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: Space Invader Experiences 63\\\\r\\\\nGamers, Geeks, and Hackers—Identifying the Norm as Masculine 65\\\\r\\\\nClaiming Visibility—Claiming Space 66\\\\r\\\\nCracking the Code of Being a Girl in IT 69\\\\r\\\\nAlternative Interests, Motivations, and Competences 70\\\\r\\\\nThe Space Invaders’ Penalty Round 73\\\\r\\\\nIs it Enough to Feel like an Insider? 75\\\\r\\\\nReconstructions 76\\\\r\\\\n5 Girls Don’t Walk Alone: Supporters’ Investment in\\\\r\\\\nWelcoming Girls and Women into Fields of IT 79\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: Shifting Perspective to Supporters 79\\\\r\\\\nSchools’ Attitudes and Strategies for Supporting Women into IT 81\\\\r\\\\nHesitating to Focus on Gender Differences 82\\\\r\\\\nDistrusting Women’s Interest in Technology 83\\\\r\\\\nSorting Women by Interest 85\\\\r\\\\nA Burden of Doubt Paired with Postfeminist Assumptions 86\\\\r\\\\nWhen Doing Nothing Appears to be the Right Thing to Do 87\\\\r\\\\nThe Schools’ Responses Versus the Women’s Experiences 88\\\\r\\\\nAvoiding Gender Issues Reduces Schools’ Role as Supporters for\\\\r\\\\nWomen 89\\\\r\\\\nA Narrow Definition of Interest in IT Excludes Alternative\\\\r\\\\nTypes of Interest 90\\\\r\\\\nWhen Gender Barriers are Cleared Away, Free Choice\\\\r\\\\nRemains 92\\\\r\\\\nGirls Still Doing IT for Themselves 93\\\\r\\\\nContents\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nxi\\\\r\\\\n6 Gender Patterns, Equality Paradoxes, and Lessons for an\\\\r\\\\nInclusive Digital Future 95\\\\r\\\\nIntroduction: A Global Digital Transformation 95\\\\r\\\\nSpace Invader Lessons: Barriers, Turning Points, and\\\\r\\\\nReconstructions 99\\\\r\\\\nParadoxes, Postfeminism, and a Non-performative Policy 104\\\\r\\\\nReconstructing Motivation with Interest as Key 108\\\\r\\\\nDoing IT Together with the Ecosystem 110\\\\r\\\\nThe International Picture 113\\\\r\\\\nClosing Reflections: The Untapped Potential 114\\\\r\\\\nReferences 119

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303.483 Hil r

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Gateway East : Springer Nature., 2024

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xv, 133 hlm. : 22,1 x 15,5 cm

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English

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978-981-99-5187-1

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303.483

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Women in the computer industry
Information technology--Social aspects
Gender identity

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