[lynetteshef]

What do you think about men and women’s uses of technology and the Internet?
What are your experiences as a man, or as a woman, of technology, the Internet and this site’s message boards?

Hello,

My name is Lynette and I’m a researcher (academic) looking at gender and technology on the Internet. I have chosen to look at Computer Juice as the forums on this site are lively and discuss issues of technology. I would be very grateful if people could discuss with me their views on gender and the uses of technology, and their experiences of these message boards and of the Internet in general. I’m specifically interested in issues such as:

• Gender cultures on these forums and online in general

• Whether people disclose their gender when posting on these forums

• How people feel as a man or as a woman posting on these forums

• Whether people’s gender influences how people treat them on these message boards and online in general

• Whether there are differences in how men and women use and discuss technology

• Whether people’s identities are shaped in anyway by the technologies that they interact with, and if so how?

Please also feel free to discuss anything else that you feel is relevant to the subject of gender and technology and feel free to respond to other people’s posts - I would like to encourage a discussion of the topic rather than a survey response.

Thank you for your help and time.

Anonymity: All responses will be anonymised prior to the writing up of my notes – the name of the site and individual’s usernames will be changed.

[Bubba]

Don't despair from the lack of response, I at least will help you out. Just not now lol, I'll get back to you later today or in the next couple of days.