Space Invaders—Time Raiders: Gendered Technologies in Gendered UK Households

Submitted by Super Admin on Mon, 2009-07-13 16:24

Publication Type:

IFIP Paper

Authors:

Helen Richardson

Source:

Social Inclusion: Societal and Organizational Implications for Information Systems, p.169 - 184 (2006)

Abstract:

This paper discusses the domestication of ICTs in the UK, using a critical lens to focus in on ICT use by families and households drawing on a 5 year longitudinal study. Analysis concentrates on how ICTs are embedded into gendered households, how issues
of gendered technologies are manifested in the everyday experiences of women, enmeshing ICT use for work, study, and leisure
into domestic family life. The social, political, economic, and historical context is that of versions of inclusion in the
so-called information society—a debate that wavers between a somber and shining vision.

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