Hi, A few weeks ago I asked for references to work on gender, age and the importance of social support in the use of information technologies. Here's a list of materials to which people (from this and some other lists) pointed me and additional pieces I found while doing more research on the topic. Thanks to all those who sent me suggestions! Eszter --- http://www.eszter.com Balka, E., and R. Smith. 2000. Women, Work and Computerization: Charting a Course to the Future. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Bimber, B. 2000. "The Gender Gap on the Internet." Social Science Quarterly 81:868-876. Boneva, B., R. Kraut, and D. Frohlich. 2001. "Using E-Mail for Personal Relationships: The Difference Gender Makes." American Behavioral Scientist 45:530-549. Fox, M.F. 2001. "Women, Men, and Engineering." Pp. 249-257 in Gender Mosaics, edited by Vannoy. D. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing. Grint, K., and R. Gill (Eds.). 1995. The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research. Bristol, PA: Taylor and Francis. Jackson, L.A., K.S. Ervin, P.D. Gardner, and N. Schmitt. 2001. "Gender and the Internet: Women Communicating and Men Searching." Sex Roles 44:363-379. Kiesler, S., B Zdaniuk, V. Lundmark, and R. Kraut. 2000. "Troubles With the Internet: The Dynamics of Help at Home." Human-Computer Interaction 15:323-351. Lally, E. 2002. At Home With Computers. Oxford & New York: Berg. Loges, W.E., and J-Y. Jung. 2001. "Exploring the Digital Divide: Internet Connectedness and Age." Communication Research 28:536-562. Schumacher, P., and Morahan-Martin. J. 2000. "Gender, Internet and Computer Attitudes and Experiences." Computers in Human Behavior. Silverstone, R., and E. Hirsch (Eds.). 1992. Consuming Technologies: Media and Information in Domestic Spaces. New York: Routledge. Singh, S. 2001. "Gender and Use of the Internet at Home." New Media & Society 3. Smoreda, Z., and F. Thomas. 2001. "Social Networks and Residential ICT Adoption and Use." in EURESCOM Summit 2001. Heidelberg. http://www.eurescom.de/public/projects/P900-series/P903/ICT-data/default.asp Turkle, S., and S. Papert. 1990. "Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the Computer Culture." Signs 16:128-157. van Zoonen, L. 1992. "Feminist Theory and Information Technology." Media, Culture and Society 14:9-30.