Hi there, You may find the work of Susan Herring to be of some use to you. She's a linguist who has done pioneering research on gender and CMC (as well as other computer- and textually-related linguistic research). A lot of her work is available free to access from her website which is always appreciated. Best, Barb -- Barbara Clark, PhD student School of Languages, Linguistics and Film Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS United Kingdom b.l.clark@qmul.ac.uk http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/blclark/QMUL/Welcome.html On 5 Jun 2012, at 18:28, Conley, Tara wrote:
Hi list members,
In case you haven't already seen David Streitfeld's controversial NYTimes piece this weekend, here it is<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/technology/lawsuit-against-kleiner-perkins-is-shaking-silicon-valley.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes>. The controversy stems from his lede, "MEN invented the Internet'. You may also be interested in the response from tech journalist Xeni Jardin<http://boingboing.net/2012/06/03/nyt-men-invented-the-inter.html> .
I also wrote a response piece about the controversy from an historical perspective for Ms. Magazine<http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/04/the-women-and-people-of-color-who-invented-the-internet/> today.
Interesting to think about the history of the Internet in terms of gender and 'race' consciousness, no?
Also, if any list members could recommend further reading on Internet history (including computing) that includes discussions about gender, 'race', and so forth, I'd appreciate it!
Tara
-- Tara L. Conley Teachers College Columbia University Ed.D. Student in Computing Communication & Technology in Education tlc2132@tc.columbia.edu
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