4J3 Virtual Symbol

VI. Sex/Gender (Feb. 11)

Sociology 4J3: Sociology of Cyberspace

Instructor: Carl Cuneo, KTH-608

  1. book Dale Spender, Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace. Garamond Press, 1995.
  2. Sadie Plant, "On the Matrix: Cyberfeminist Simulations", Chapter 11 in Rob Shields (eds.), Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. Sage Publications. 1996.
  3. Leslie Regan Shade, "Gender Issues in Computer Networking" (1993)
  4. Ellen Balka, Women's Access to On-line Discussions about Feminism.
  5. Doctress Neutopia, "The Feminization of Cyberspace" (1994)
  6. Karrie Jacobs, "RoboBabes: With most video games geared toward the aggressive adolescent male, what's the incentive for females to cruise the information superhighway?" I.d. MAY 01 1994 v 41 n 3, p. 38
  7. Pornography
    1. Marty Rimm, "Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway" A Survey of 917,410 Images, Descriptions, Short Stories, and Animations Downloaded 8.5 Million Times by Consumers in Over 2000 Cities in Forty Countries, Provinces,and Territories
    2. Censorship and the Net: Yahoo's Cyberporn Index
    3. Nicole Nolan, "Sex and the Single Geek", This Magazine. May/June, 1996, pp. 25-29