http://pjnet.org/post/583/ Public Journalism Network Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://pjnet.org/post/583/#comment-134 Wade Roush Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:19:25 +0000 http://wordpress.pjnet.org/post/583/#comment-134 Donica: Thanks for mentioning my experiment. But one distressing finding so far has been that the ratio of male to female commentators on the new blog is about 10 to 1. The conclusion I draw is that simply creating accessible, participatory spaces on the Web isn't enough to elicit women's involvement. We also have to do something to overcome the cultural gender biases inherent in the subject matter (computing, in this case) and in the general workings of the Web. Donica: Thanks for mentioning my experiment. But one distressing finding so far has been that the ratio of male to female commentators on the new blog is about 10 to 1. The conclusion I draw is that simply creating accessible, participatory spaces on the Web isn’t enough to elicit women’s involvement. We also have to do something to overcome the cultural gender biases inherent in the subject matter (computing, in this case) and in the general workings of the Web.

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