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Apr 19, 2024
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T3 4380 - Women in the Information Age
Examines the effects of the “information age” on women’s lives. Telephones, computers, and the Internet have revolutionized the way people work and live. These technologies have affected men and women differently, however. Discusses the information age and its impact on domestic and work life. It pays special attention to the relationship between women and two of the main information technologies: the telephone and the computer. The objective is to explore the ways in which these technologies have been “gendered”. Also examines the role of women in relation to the telegraph, the typewriter, video games, the Internet, and other communication and information technologies.
Requisites: (ITS 2140 or WGSS 1000 or 6 hours Tier II Social Science) and Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Apply feminist theory to the use of information technologies.
- Apply theories such as cultivation theory to the media presentation of gender and technology use.
- Apply theories such as social shaping theory to the development of information technologies including the telegraph, the telephone, the computer and the Internet.
- Describe the impact of various information technologies on women’s work and social lives.
- Explain feminist theories related to gender and technology.
- Explain theories related to the impact of media on people’s perceptions of reality, for example the spiral of silence and cultivation theory.
- Explain theories related to the uses and development of technology, including social shaping theory and technological determinism.
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