Gender and Information Technology.

The article extends feminist critiques of information technology (IT) by examining the development of children's processing of information. Research on children has not been integrated well into feminist scholarship. Women's studies scholars address intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, a...

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Published in:Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 148 - 168
Main Author: Miller, Patricia H.
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Published: University of Nebraska Press 2005
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