Additional
sites based specifically on the readings:
- Barbara
Kantrowitz in "Men, Women, and Computers" refers to a number of websites
for women. Here is one that she mentions and a few others: Women's Wire |
Virtual
Sisterhood | Women's
Resources on the Web: Index | with almost the same title Women's
Resources on the Web and Women's
Net Resources |
and then there's FeMiNa. Also while
you are searching, check
out The Men's Issues
Page.
- Deborah Tannen, "Gender Gap in Cyberspace"
--> Here's an ad for Dr.
Deborah Tannen, which has a photo and some basic information about
her | Bibliography &
Information | An
Interview | a conversation ... "How Different are Men and Women".
- Susan Herring, "Bringing Familiar Baggage to the New Frontier: Gender
Differences in Computer-Mediated Communication"
- Sen. James Exon, "Keep
Internet Safe for Families," and James Harrington, "Beware of Chilling
Freedom of Expression"
- CNN,
"Panelists Debate Electronic Privacy Issues" (the Jake Baker
Case)
- Howard
Rheingold, "Teledildonics"
- Gerard Van Der Leun, "This is a
Naked Lady"
-->What can you find out about Van Der Leun or any of the other authors and subjects here? Try the search engine
AltaVista and HotBot.
New sites on
CyberWars, Sexual Politics and Sex on the Net:
- For
updates on legislation, browse Thomas | For legislation specifically
on Communications, see Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- For additional sites
on Gender, see Laura Gurak's "On 'Bob,'
'Thomas,' and Other New Friends: Gender in Cyberspce" | and the site
Women
On-Line: Gender and Social Reality in Cyberspace.
- Additional
websites for women:
- Gender, Sex
and the Net Resource Page
- Robin B. Hamman's M.A. Thesis "Cybersex Among Multiple-Selves ... in America Online Chat Rooms.
- Perhaps (to date) one of the most
celebrated cases on the Net and WWW is Time magazine's cover
story on Cyber Porn. The lead article was written by Philip Elmer-Dewitt
(who also wrote the article on "Cyberpunks"). Here are a few sites to
visit on the controversy:
-
Another celebrated case, as suggested by the readings in CR, is The
Jake Baker Case:
-
Newgroups
- Gender-Related
Electronic Forums
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