The document discusses a study analyzing the "brogramming" culture in the IT industry and its impact on women. It describes how the culture is similar to a "boys club" that can be exclusive and sexist. The study included a literature review and survey of 38 IT professionals, primarily examining job satisfaction, self-assessment, and relationships with coworkers and supervisors. The results showed differences in experiences between male and female respondents related to workplace culture issues like sexual harassment. The conclusion calls for making the industry more inclusive and removing barriers to attract and retain top female talent.
Slides from a talk to the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford in 2005 on the social dynamics of the Internet. It covered key findings from the first years of the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS).
Instead of traditional ways of doing online research, we might want to look for something new. Using "social media", we can use the online conversation stream to find what we're looking for.
Data journalism: are you a unicorn or a racehorse?Paul Bradshaw
This document discusses the differences between "unicorns" and "racehorses" in journalism. Unicorns are journalists who build tools to help users tell stories with data, while racehorses are journalists who look for stories in the data. The document advises that both unicorns and racehorses are needed, and that news organizations should determine whether to build tools or find stories. It also provides tips for individuals, such as learning tools, collaborating, and focusing on problem-solving rather than specific programming languages.
The document summarizes key findings from a Pew Research Center survey about Facebook usage in the United States:
- 67% of online Americans use Facebook (57% of all adults)
- 61% of current Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from Facebook for several weeks or more at some point
- 20% of online adults who do not currently use Facebook used to but no longer do
- Reasons for breaks from Facebook include feeling tired of it and spending too much time on it
- 59% of Facebook users say Facebook is about as important now as a year ago, while 28% say it is less important
Mary will discuss the Pew Internet Project’s latest research on Americans’ use of social media, including how different demographic groups use various platforms. She’ll also present findings from a recent report looking at the phenomenon of “Facebook fatigue,” and help us to understand how usage patterns might be shifting in the future.
This document summarizes research from a meeting of the Quello Advisory Board at Michigan State University. It includes presentations on public service broadcasting challenges, net neutrality and digital inequalities proposals, and research from the State of the State Survey examining trends in Michigan residents' internet access and attitudes over time. Discussion focused on building collaborative projects tied to Michigan, and exploring the idea of a Quello user forum as a locally focused initiative.
Introduction to Open Data & Linked DataLeigh Dodds
Open data is freely available information that anyone can use for any purpose without cost. It aims to increase transparency, economic growth, and social good, while personal data is not considered open. Linked data connects related open data through web identifiers and forms a web of data, allowing for relationships between different data sources like social networks, interest graphs, health information, and fictional universes. People can get involved with open data by using resources on data portals and exploring the connections between data.
This document provides an agenda for a class on managing project priorities. It includes discussions on a case study about prioritizing projects at an organization called VoA, reflections on managing IT project priorities, a blog post on prioritization processes, a reading discussion on measuring IT value, and an activity where students identify outcomes and metrics for scenarios involving technology implementations at a university.
Slides from a talk to the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford in 2005 on the social dynamics of the Internet. It covered key findings from the first years of the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS).
Instead of traditional ways of doing online research, we might want to look for something new. Using "social media", we can use the online conversation stream to find what we're looking for.
Data journalism: are you a unicorn or a racehorse?Paul Bradshaw
This document discusses the differences between "unicorns" and "racehorses" in journalism. Unicorns are journalists who build tools to help users tell stories with data, while racehorses are journalists who look for stories in the data. The document advises that both unicorns and racehorses are needed, and that news organizations should determine whether to build tools or find stories. It also provides tips for individuals, such as learning tools, collaborating, and focusing on problem-solving rather than specific programming languages.
The document summarizes key findings from a Pew Research Center survey about Facebook usage in the United States:
- 67% of online Americans use Facebook (57% of all adults)
- 61% of current Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from Facebook for several weeks or more at some point
- 20% of online adults who do not currently use Facebook used to but no longer do
- Reasons for breaks from Facebook include feeling tired of it and spending too much time on it
- 59% of Facebook users say Facebook is about as important now as a year ago, while 28% say it is less important
Mary will discuss the Pew Internet Project’s latest research on Americans’ use of social media, including how different demographic groups use various platforms. She’ll also present findings from a recent report looking at the phenomenon of “Facebook fatigue,” and help us to understand how usage patterns might be shifting in the future.
This document summarizes research from a meeting of the Quello Advisory Board at Michigan State University. It includes presentations on public service broadcasting challenges, net neutrality and digital inequalities proposals, and research from the State of the State Survey examining trends in Michigan residents' internet access and attitudes over time. Discussion focused on building collaborative projects tied to Michigan, and exploring the idea of a Quello user forum as a locally focused initiative.
Introduction to Open Data & Linked DataLeigh Dodds
Open data is freely available information that anyone can use for any purpose without cost. It aims to increase transparency, economic growth, and social good, while personal data is not considered open. Linked data connects related open data through web identifiers and forms a web of data, allowing for relationships between different data sources like social networks, interest graphs, health information, and fictional universes. People can get involved with open data by using resources on data portals and exploring the connections between data.
This document provides an agenda for a class on managing project priorities. It includes discussions on a case study about prioritizing projects at an organization called VoA, reflections on managing IT project priorities, a blog post on prioritization processes, a reading discussion on measuring IT value, and an activity where students identify outcomes and metrics for scenarios involving technology implementations at a university.
Online Dating - Examining the drawbacks of online datingjess-ramos
The document summarizes some of the drawbacks of online dating based on research and statistics. It notes that while over 50 million Americans have tried online dating, there are safety and deception issues. Specifically, it discusses how dating websites do not conduct background checks, some users lie about their profiles, and relationships can become isolated. The document questions whether online algorithms can truly assess compatibility and find a long-term match. In the end, it raises concerns about whether online dating poses risks, especially for teens, but does not come to a clear conclusion.
30 Influential Women Advancing AI in BostonNikita Johnson
This May 23 - 24, RE•WORK is bringing the Deep Learning Summit Series to Boston, and in the months leading up to the event, we’ve had some really exciting conversations with experts working in deep learning from both academia and industry. We wanted to share with you some of the most influential women behind advancements in AI, focusing on Boston and the surrounding area.
Networked: The New Social Operating System in Civic LifeKDMC
Networked life has fundamentally changed civic participation in three key ways:
1. It has networked people and affected behaviors like how we allocate our attention across continuous streams of information.
2. It has networked information which is now pervasively generated, consumed, personal, participatory, linked, continually edited, multi-platformed, and real-time.
3. It has changed the civic ecosystem to include more niches, topics, alliances, DIY capabilities, arguments, and disclosure, with more people involved in decision making through crowdsourcing and algorithms.
The document discusses how the speed and platforms of media have shifted over time. It notes that social media allows news to spread almost immediately through unedited sharing, unlike newspapers which took longer to produce. As digital media has become more efficient at delivering content quickly, it has replaced slower platforms like newspapers. Now, media organizations are diversifying their content across multiple platforms and pushing news directly to users, representing a shift towards "wire-fication" where content flows freely across different channels in real-time.
The document discusses how the internet changes audiences in the following ways:
1) Audience research was conducted by having students estimate how much time they spend on various media like books, websites, social media, TV, phones. This showed shifts in media consumption patterns among digital native audiences.
2) Research teams conducted surveys to gather data on students' media usage and compared the class' consumption to American data, finding some similarities and differences.
3) A study from Kansas State University presented survey data on American students' media habits that were compared to the class' self-reported consumption, showing both commonalities and differences in digital audiences.
The document discusses the impact of social media on college admissions and recruitment processes. It explores how colleges and recruiters are increasingly monitoring applicants' and recruits' social media profiles to evaluate character. Several sources are cited that found a significant percentage of admissions officers have discovered online information that negatively impacted applicants. Coaches are also carefully vetting recruits' social media to evaluate character displayed in postings. The document cautions that one bad post can negatively impact opportunities and gives an example of how one person's career was damaged by a single tweet. It concludes by noting the importance of active social media engagement and sharing for professional purposes.
Education technology - a feminist space?Helen Beetham
This document discusses whether education technology can be considered a feminist space. It notes that while some see the field as supportive of women, issues around unequal opportunities for women in tech careers and algorithmic bias persist. The document advocates for applying feminist concepts and critical frameworks around power, social justice, and the "male gaze" to research and practice in digital education. It argues that developing students' critical thinking around technology's social impacts and biases could help address these issues.
The document discusses the success of author Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series and how social media helped propel its popularity. It describes how fans championed the books on sites like Amazon, Twilight Lexicon, and TwilightMOMS, helping sales reach 7.5 million copies. The document also references how social media allowed for word-of-mouth promotion and influenced perceptions of the books through consumer-generated content.
The document discusses various ethical issues related to social media use and mobile access of social media. It provides statistics on growing mobile access and use of social networking apps. It raises questions about getting permission before posting photos of people online and discusses different ethical perspectives like utilitarianism, rights, fairness and virtue. It also mentions guidelines from organizations like AP on retweeting and potential social media pitfalls.
The document discusses various ethical issues related to social media use and mobile access of social media. It notes that mobile access of social networking sites has grown significantly in recent years. It also presents a scenario where a professor took a photo of other professors at an event without their permission, raising questions about ethics and consent. Finally, it outlines some of the ethical perspectives like utilitarianism, rights, fairness and virtue that can be used to analyze social media and privacy issues.
This document discusses women and technology. It provides statistics showing that while more women are entering STEM fields like computer science, they remain underrepresented. It also profiles some successful women in technology, such as those who helped shape eBay and Six Apart, and discusses how their understanding of users, including women, contributed to the companies' successes. The document also examines the rise of social computing and networking tools and their importance and impact in business.
This presentation was delivered at Media Culture Days at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 17, 2019. Linda Austin spoke as a Fulbright Specialist on 5 Trends to Watch in Journalism. Those trends include mobile, messaging apps, voice, artificial intelligence and audience. For each, she offered statistics, a case study from a media outlet, and a takeaway. Bonus slides at the end provide links to more reading.
The Rise of Platforms: findings, questions, challenges, and opportunities for...Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
We know that platforms are increasingly integral to at least a small part of almost everything almost everybody does almost everywhere, including many parts of political communication processes, from the production of content, over its distribution, to its consumption, to the actions that follows next. Simply put, if we don’t study platforms, we are studying the past, not the present and future of political communication. Our field brings much to this with its emphasis on both short-term individual-level attitudinal and behavioral effects and the study of longer-term institutional implications. To pursue these research opportunities we have to (1) handle challenges of methods and access to data, (2) the fact that political communication is a small part of very, very large platforms, and (3) get beyond our comfort zone and read more scholarship from outside political communication.
This document summarizes Dr. Karen Gregory's presentation on conceptualizing digital sociology as a critical and interdisciplinary practice. It gives examples of current digital sociology work studying topics like the quantified self and how Facebook structures social relations. The document argues that digital sociology has a long history across various fields and that algorithms and technologies do not arrive neutrally, but are shaped by human and economic factors. It promotes digital sociology as a way to both study and help shape our increasingly digitized social world.
Sex work, technology, labour markets, and knowledge production (Kate Zen)Kate Zen
This document discusses the impact of new technologies on sex work and research about sex work. It covers several topics:
1. How internet and mobile technologies have impacted the sexual labor market and sex worker communities' use of online platforms and social networks.
2. Challenges with using data mining and other internet-based research methods to study sex workers and the importance of community-driven, collaborative research approaches.
3. Issues of privacy, surveillance, and ethics regarding collecting and sharing data about marginalized groups like sex workers without their consent.
4. Examples of sex worker-led research, media, and knowledge production using platforms like Twitter, blogs, and independent publications.
Girl Computers - A Concept for Linking The Story of "Women Computers" Across ...Jim "Brodie" Brazell
Girl Computers - A Concept for Linking The Story of "Women Computers" Across the Generations, Girls, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, November 11, 2011
Jim Brazell led a dozen workshops on STEM strategy in 2012 for groups ranging from national associations to school districts. In these workshops, the audience is convened to design the future of STEM education. Five of the twelve 2012 audiences designed coloring books for children in 4th grade to 7th grade. Jim has also discovered that there is no career reader for this same age group related to cyber/IT.
For the past 100 years, San Antonio has pioneered the future. Cyber Girls is a way to bring this story to the attention of the city’s children, teachers, and schools. At a very low cost, Cyber Girls delivers a blended learning curricula connecting classroom and online activities.
CyberGirls is a coloring book featuring computer history, art, and brain game activities on paper while linking to the free online virtual world of Whyville and Whycareers.
The target demographic is 7-to-12 year old girls and boys and their teachers in school (as well as girls STEM camps and related programs).
While initially delivering a local San Antonio coloring book, Cyber Girls is designed to be a national brand and product sold through teacher supply stores and a network of teacher professional development specialists.
Libraries as a Bridge: The Role of Libraries in Closing the Digital Skills ...Bobbi Newman
This document discusses the role of libraries in addressing the digital skills gap. It begins by outlining the digital divide, noting that 1 in 5 Americans lack broadband access at home, with even less access among poorer, minority, elderly, and rural populations. It then discusses the concept of digital literacy, which involves more than just access but the ability to use technology to find, evaluate, create and communicate information. The document proposes that libraries can help bridge the digital skills gap through resources and training in areas like digital tools, authorship, social media, and more. It positions libraries as powerful partners in closing this divide.
A workshop from the MmIT 2016 conference "Digital Citizenship - What is the library's role?" held in Sheffield from 12-13 September 2016.
Changes in scholarly publishing have created a requirement for authors to leverage multiple digital tools in order to build their profile, identity, scholarship and impact within and beyond their institutions. This workshop provided an opportunity for delegates to discuss and reflect on tools which can be used to build an online scholarly presence.
Digital Scholarship: building an online scholarly presenceAlison McNab
This document discusses building an online scholarly presence and digital scholarship. It provides an overview of changes in scholarly publishing and opportunities for open access, open science, and digital research. It discusses tools for finding open access research and measuring research impact. The document also provides guidance on creating an online identity through profiles, collaborations, and disseminating work. Tips are offered on boosting citations and visibility through social media and other online platforms. Throughout, various resources and case studies are referenced to illustrate best practices in digital scholarship.
Surviving in a New World: Social Media and Web CommunicationsBob Johnson, Ph.D.
Impact of new technology on higher education marketing communications. E-readers, YouTube as a search tool. College and university examples integrating social media into regular websites for student recruitment and alumni communications.
Online Dating - Examining the drawbacks of online datingjess-ramos
The document summarizes some of the drawbacks of online dating based on research and statistics. It notes that while over 50 million Americans have tried online dating, there are safety and deception issues. Specifically, it discusses how dating websites do not conduct background checks, some users lie about their profiles, and relationships can become isolated. The document questions whether online algorithms can truly assess compatibility and find a long-term match. In the end, it raises concerns about whether online dating poses risks, especially for teens, but does not come to a clear conclusion.
30 Influential Women Advancing AI in BostonNikita Johnson
This May 23 - 24, RE•WORK is bringing the Deep Learning Summit Series to Boston, and in the months leading up to the event, we’ve had some really exciting conversations with experts working in deep learning from both academia and industry. We wanted to share with you some of the most influential women behind advancements in AI, focusing on Boston and the surrounding area.
Networked: The New Social Operating System in Civic LifeKDMC
Networked life has fundamentally changed civic participation in three key ways:
1. It has networked people and affected behaviors like how we allocate our attention across continuous streams of information.
2. It has networked information which is now pervasively generated, consumed, personal, participatory, linked, continually edited, multi-platformed, and real-time.
3. It has changed the civic ecosystem to include more niches, topics, alliances, DIY capabilities, arguments, and disclosure, with more people involved in decision making through crowdsourcing and algorithms.
The document discusses how the speed and platforms of media have shifted over time. It notes that social media allows news to spread almost immediately through unedited sharing, unlike newspapers which took longer to produce. As digital media has become more efficient at delivering content quickly, it has replaced slower platforms like newspapers. Now, media organizations are diversifying their content across multiple platforms and pushing news directly to users, representing a shift towards "wire-fication" where content flows freely across different channels in real-time.
The document discusses how the internet changes audiences in the following ways:
1) Audience research was conducted by having students estimate how much time they spend on various media like books, websites, social media, TV, phones. This showed shifts in media consumption patterns among digital native audiences.
2) Research teams conducted surveys to gather data on students' media usage and compared the class' consumption to American data, finding some similarities and differences.
3) A study from Kansas State University presented survey data on American students' media habits that were compared to the class' self-reported consumption, showing both commonalities and differences in digital audiences.
The document discusses the impact of social media on college admissions and recruitment processes. It explores how colleges and recruiters are increasingly monitoring applicants' and recruits' social media profiles to evaluate character. Several sources are cited that found a significant percentage of admissions officers have discovered online information that negatively impacted applicants. Coaches are also carefully vetting recruits' social media to evaluate character displayed in postings. The document cautions that one bad post can negatively impact opportunities and gives an example of how one person's career was damaged by a single tweet. It concludes by noting the importance of active social media engagement and sharing for professional purposes.
Education technology - a feminist space?Helen Beetham
This document discusses whether education technology can be considered a feminist space. It notes that while some see the field as supportive of women, issues around unequal opportunities for women in tech careers and algorithmic bias persist. The document advocates for applying feminist concepts and critical frameworks around power, social justice, and the "male gaze" to research and practice in digital education. It argues that developing students' critical thinking around technology's social impacts and biases could help address these issues.
The document discusses the success of author Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series and how social media helped propel its popularity. It describes how fans championed the books on sites like Amazon, Twilight Lexicon, and TwilightMOMS, helping sales reach 7.5 million copies. The document also references how social media allowed for word-of-mouth promotion and influenced perceptions of the books through consumer-generated content.
The document discusses various ethical issues related to social media use and mobile access of social media. It provides statistics on growing mobile access and use of social networking apps. It raises questions about getting permission before posting photos of people online and discusses different ethical perspectives like utilitarianism, rights, fairness and virtue. It also mentions guidelines from organizations like AP on retweeting and potential social media pitfalls.
The document discusses various ethical issues related to social media use and mobile access of social media. It notes that mobile access of social networking sites has grown significantly in recent years. It also presents a scenario where a professor took a photo of other professors at an event without their permission, raising questions about ethics and consent. Finally, it outlines some of the ethical perspectives like utilitarianism, rights, fairness and virtue that can be used to analyze social media and privacy issues.
This document discusses women and technology. It provides statistics showing that while more women are entering STEM fields like computer science, they remain underrepresented. It also profiles some successful women in technology, such as those who helped shape eBay and Six Apart, and discusses how their understanding of users, including women, contributed to the companies' successes. The document also examines the rise of social computing and networking tools and their importance and impact in business.
This presentation was delivered at Media Culture Days at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 17, 2019. Linda Austin spoke as a Fulbright Specialist on 5 Trends to Watch in Journalism. Those trends include mobile, messaging apps, voice, artificial intelligence and audience. For each, she offered statistics, a case study from a media outlet, and a takeaway. Bonus slides at the end provide links to more reading.
The Rise of Platforms: findings, questions, challenges, and opportunities for...Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
We know that platforms are increasingly integral to at least a small part of almost everything almost everybody does almost everywhere, including many parts of political communication processes, from the production of content, over its distribution, to its consumption, to the actions that follows next. Simply put, if we don’t study platforms, we are studying the past, not the present and future of political communication. Our field brings much to this with its emphasis on both short-term individual-level attitudinal and behavioral effects and the study of longer-term institutional implications. To pursue these research opportunities we have to (1) handle challenges of methods and access to data, (2) the fact that political communication is a small part of very, very large platforms, and (3) get beyond our comfort zone and read more scholarship from outside political communication.
This document summarizes Dr. Karen Gregory's presentation on conceptualizing digital sociology as a critical and interdisciplinary practice. It gives examples of current digital sociology work studying topics like the quantified self and how Facebook structures social relations. The document argues that digital sociology has a long history across various fields and that algorithms and technologies do not arrive neutrally, but are shaped by human and economic factors. It promotes digital sociology as a way to both study and help shape our increasingly digitized social world.
Sex work, technology, labour markets, and knowledge production (Kate Zen)Kate Zen
This document discusses the impact of new technologies on sex work and research about sex work. It covers several topics:
1. How internet and mobile technologies have impacted the sexual labor market and sex worker communities' use of online platforms and social networks.
2. Challenges with using data mining and other internet-based research methods to study sex workers and the importance of community-driven, collaborative research approaches.
3. Issues of privacy, surveillance, and ethics regarding collecting and sharing data about marginalized groups like sex workers without their consent.
4. Examples of sex worker-led research, media, and knowledge production using platforms like Twitter, blogs, and independent publications.
Girl Computers - A Concept for Linking The Story of "Women Computers" Across ...Jim "Brodie" Brazell
Girl Computers - A Concept for Linking The Story of "Women Computers" Across the Generations, Girls, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, November 11, 2011
Jim Brazell led a dozen workshops on STEM strategy in 2012 for groups ranging from national associations to school districts. In these workshops, the audience is convened to design the future of STEM education. Five of the twelve 2012 audiences designed coloring books for children in 4th grade to 7th grade. Jim has also discovered that there is no career reader for this same age group related to cyber/IT.
For the past 100 years, San Antonio has pioneered the future. Cyber Girls is a way to bring this story to the attention of the city’s children, teachers, and schools. At a very low cost, Cyber Girls delivers a blended learning curricula connecting classroom and online activities.
CyberGirls is a coloring book featuring computer history, art, and brain game activities on paper while linking to the free online virtual world of Whyville and Whycareers.
The target demographic is 7-to-12 year old girls and boys and their teachers in school (as well as girls STEM camps and related programs).
While initially delivering a local San Antonio coloring book, Cyber Girls is designed to be a national brand and product sold through teacher supply stores and a network of teacher professional development specialists.
Libraries as a Bridge: The Role of Libraries in Closing the Digital Skills ...Bobbi Newman
This document discusses the role of libraries in addressing the digital skills gap. It begins by outlining the digital divide, noting that 1 in 5 Americans lack broadband access at home, with even less access among poorer, minority, elderly, and rural populations. It then discusses the concept of digital literacy, which involves more than just access but the ability to use technology to find, evaluate, create and communicate information. The document proposes that libraries can help bridge the digital skills gap through resources and training in areas like digital tools, authorship, social media, and more. It positions libraries as powerful partners in closing this divide.
A workshop from the MmIT 2016 conference "Digital Citizenship - What is the library's role?" held in Sheffield from 12-13 September 2016.
Changes in scholarly publishing have created a requirement for authors to leverage multiple digital tools in order to build their profile, identity, scholarship and impact within and beyond their institutions. This workshop provided an opportunity for delegates to discuss and reflect on tools which can be used to build an online scholarly presence.
Digital Scholarship: building an online scholarly presenceAlison McNab
This document discusses building an online scholarly presence and digital scholarship. It provides an overview of changes in scholarly publishing and opportunities for open access, open science, and digital research. It discusses tools for finding open access research and measuring research impact. The document also provides guidance on creating an online identity through profiles, collaborations, and disseminating work. Tips are offered on boosting citations and visibility through social media and other online platforms. Throughout, various resources and case studies are referenced to illustrate best practices in digital scholarship.
Surviving in a New World: Social Media and Web CommunicationsBob Johnson, Ph.D.
Impact of new technology on higher education marketing communications. E-readers, YouTube as a search tool. College and university examples integrating social media into regular websites for student recruitment and alumni communications.
The View from Here and Here: Making the Invisible Visible in the Hypertextual...Michelle Ferrier
Dr. Michelle Ferrier presented on making the invisible visible in hypertextual spaces. She discussed her research on digital story quilts and using tactics like fragmentation, condensation and juxtaposition to communicate community knowledge online. She also discussed her media deserts project that maps areas lacking access to news and information using GIS tools. Additionally, she presented on her work with TrollBusters, which uses technologies like natural language processing and online community support to counter cyber harassment targeting women journalists.
The document describes a method for analyzing online social networks using actor-based network analysis and tenses predicate logic. It discusses classifying users into different actor types like connectors, mavens, and salesmen based on their behaviors and roles in spreading information. The method is demonstrated on a large Twitter dataset to analyze how the #KONY2012 topic spread. Future work is discussed to expand the approach with semantic analysis and develop an ontology to integrate actor and event analysis.
Digital Labor and Metaliteracy: Students as Critical Participants in Profit-D...lmwallis
This document discusses digital labor and how people's online activities can be considered work. It explores how companies collect and analyze user data from social media, online purchases, and other digital interactions to target ads and commodify information. While some see this as a fair exchange for using free services, others argue it exploits users and can influence them without their full awareness or consent. The document suggests ways to help students critically examine their online presence and value both the data and content they generate intentionally or unintentionally through normal online activities.
This document discusses generational trends related to Generation Z and their relationship to digital technologies. It covers topics like how Generation Z has always known a digitally connected world, their digital media usage patterns, how they are seen as "digital natives," issues around privacy and reading habits with digital tools, and opportunities for higher education to engage with Generation Z through areas like gaming, digital literacy training, and new academic programs.
Facc millennials, social media, and education connecting with your studentsJoshua Murdock
This presentation discusses the Millennial generation and how to engage them. It defines Millennials as those born around the time the PC was introduced who have grown up with technology. Millennials learn better through discovery and experiential learning rather than direct instruction. They are comfortable multitasking and using social media. The presentation provides tips on using technology like social media to engage Millennials in and outside the classroom.
Facc millennials, social media, and education connecting with your students
Final Presentation
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Women in
Information Technology:
An Analysis of the IT’s Work
Environment and
"Brogramming" Culture
Mylinh Pham
Class of 2017
Anthropology Major, Computer Science Minor
Liberal Arts Research Collaborative 2015
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Current State of Affairs
1.4 million
computer
jobs by 2018
39% of jobs will
be filled by U.S.
undergraduates
56% of women
are leaving
technology
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Research Questions
Does the “brogramming” culture
exist?
How does it affect a female’s experience?
With whom is it most prevalent? Supervisors?
Co-Workers?
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Resources
Ashcraft, Catherine, and Sarah Blithe. Women in IT: The Facts. Rep. N.p.: National Center for Women & Technology, 2009. Print.
Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, Laura Sherbin, Fabiola Diudonne, Christina Fargnoli, and Catherine Fredman. Athena Factor 2.0. Rep. N.p.: Center or Talent Innovation, 2014.
Print.
Leipert, Jiri. Agreement Rating. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
Library paper reading silhouette. Digital image. Pixabay. CCO Public Domain, n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
Limitations of Klout Scores and a New Method for Social Media Metrics (KPIs) Based on Lifetime Engagement. Digital image. Open Gardens. MAgazine Theme on
Genesis Framework Wordpress, 23 Oct. 2011. Web. 23 July 2015.
Melymuka, Kathleen. "Why Women Quit Technology." Computerworld. N.p., 16 June 2016. Web. 24 July 2015.
Miller, Claire Cain. "Technology’s Man Problem." The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 Apr. 2014. Web. 24 July 2015.
Misa, Thomas J. Gender Codes: Women and Men in the Computing Professions. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Print.
Sieber, Scarlett. "Including Men in the Conversation About Women." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 2 June 2014. Web. 23 July 2015.
Simsek, Emir. City Silhouette. Digital image. 123RF. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
"This Is What Tech’s Ugly Gender Problem Really Looks Like." Wired.com. Conde Nast Digital, 28 July 2014. Web. 23 July 2015.
Williams, Joan C., Katherine W. Phillips, and Erika V. Hall. Double Jeopardy? Rep. N.p.: WorkLife Law, 2014. Print. Ashcraft, Catherine, and Sarah Blithe. Women
in IT: The Facts. Rep. N.p.: National Center for Women & Technology, 2009. Print.
Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, Laura Sherbin, Fabiola Diudonne, Christina Fargnoli, and Catherine Fredman. Athena Factor 2.0. Rep. N.p.: Center or Talent Innovation, 2014.
Print.
Leipert, Jiri. Agreement Rating. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
Library paper reading silhouette. Digital image. Pixabay. CCO Public Domain, n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
Limitations of Klout Scores and a New Method for Social Media Metrics (KPIs) Based on Lifetime Engagement. Digital image. Open Gardens. MAgazine Theme on
Genesis Framework Wordpress, 23 Oct. 2011. Web. 23 July 2015.
Melymuka, Kathleen. "Why Women Quit Technology." Computerworld. N.p., 16 June 2016. Web. 24 July 2015.
Miller, Claire Cain. "Technology’s Man Problem." The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 Apr. 2014. Web. 24 July 2015.
Misa, Thomas J. Gender Codes: Women and Men in the Computing Professions. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Print.
Sieber, Scarlett. "Including Men in the Conversation About Women." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 2 June 2014. Web. 23 July 2015.
Simsek, Emir. City Silhouette. Digital image. 123RF. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2015.
"This Is What Tech’s Ugly Gender Problem Really Looks Like." Wired.com. Conde Nast Digital, 28 July 2014. Web. 23 July 2015.
Williams, Joan C., Katherine W. Phillips, and Erika V. Hall. Double Jeopardy? Rep. N.p.: WorkLife Law, 2014. Print.
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-The U.S. Labor Department estimated that there will be more than 1.4 million computer related jobs available in 2018.
-However, at current graduation rates for computer science degrees, only 39% of these jobs will be filled by U.S. undergrads.
-The technology industry is growing exponentially, but the number of people going into it cannot keep up.
-In fact, it is reported that 56% of women leave technology industry mid-career.
-This creates a huge problem because not only is the tech industry failing to attract people, but it is also failing to retain people, women in particular. 56% is a large number. That’s more than half of women in the industry that will leave, and this contributes to the problem of why so many jobs in tech will be unfilled.
-How do we keep this from happening? How do we keep people, women in particlar, from leaving?
-First, we need to find out why this is happening. Many argue that women are pushed away from the tech industry because of the culture it holds, a culture that has come to be known as a “brogramming” culture
What is “brogramming culture?
Similar to the old term “Boys Club” that was once used to describe this culture. Only men worked in tech and women were not allowed. However, “Brogramming” is more a specific term and also touches on the behavior. Combining the words bros and programming, the term “brogramming” refers to a brotherly bond amongst programmers, referencing the common stereotype of “bros” in fraternities; they stick together, they have each other’s back and have reputations of isolating, discriminating, and disrespecting women. It is a social interaction that propagates masculinity over femininity. If one does not fit into the brogramming culture, literature says it will be hard for them to find their place, feel valued, and succeed.
Does the “brogramming” culture exist? If so, how does it affect a female’s experience? Does it create more challenges and obstacles to be overcome? Or do they benefit because they are given special treatment due to their marginalization and the attempt to reduce it.? With whom is it most prevalent? Is there a bigger brogramming culture amongst supervisors or coworkers?
My approach to answering the research questions was to first analyze current literature. I read about previous studies relating to women in IT to help me set the stage, gain background information, and compile common trends that I saw.
I then wanted to gather my own data and created a survey, which was the main focus of my research. There were 24 questions that consisted of some multiple choice and mostly ratings asking how much participants agreed with a statement.
Women in IT: The Facts reported that 84% of women lack sponsors or someone who will support their accomplishments and goals. With only 9-11% of corporate officer positions being women, the tech industry faces challenges in providing their female employees with females supervisors who have faced the same discrimination as them, who will support the, and who prove that women too can succeed despite the sexism they face.
Athena Factor 2.0 identifies antigens that push women to leave the tech field because of the culture that surrounds it. One being isolation, as male peers form buddy networks that extend beyond the walls of the work environment, leaving women without a group of people to belong. The second antigen is the hostile macho cultures that control the work environment, marginalizing women through aggressive masculinity.
Double Jeopardy? discusses that not only is the tech culture male-dominated, but it is also white-dominated. Therefore, women of color face a double bias, facing sexism and racism. This study further proves that there is a certain stereotype in tech and those who do not fit it will face more challenges.
I was able to collect 38 complete responses from people working in IT, 21 identified as female and 17 identified as male. The 5 main topics were Job Satisfaction and Self Assessment, the relationship between workers and their co-workers and supervisors, and the last questioned their future in IT.
I do want to go over some limitations of my survey before I get into the results. The short amount of time, being one month of data collection and the method of distribution which relied on e-mail and networking led to a small population size. The small number of respondents also allows one response to hold a lot of weight in the data. Because of these limitations, the results should be taken with a grain of salt because this cannot be representative of the entire technology industry, although they do end up supporting current literature for the most part.
Overall, the data showed that males generally were more satisfied with their jobs than females. However, while they rated high in their satisfaction, male interest in their jobs did not receive as high a rating. Females were more consistent in their responses, having similar ratings for their sense of belonging, value, and interest. It is also interesting to note that, females were more interested, although barely, in their jobs than their male counterparts. This can be used as evidence to support the argument that a “brogramming” culture exists. It shows that although men are not as interested in their jobs, they still can enjoy it and feel valued, possibly due to the environment and people that they are working with, who are mostly male and who encourage masculinity. Males have people who want to work with them and who will support them in their contributions and mistakes. However, women were left depending on their passion for the job. Female satisfaction correlated with how interested they were in their job.
This data definitely supports current literature and it is so interesting to see the contrast here between males and females. The data shows that women are confident in their skills but feel stuck because they don’t have equal opportunity to succeed because they have to work harder than others. Men, however, are the opposite. They are not as confident in their skills, but they feel that they have equal opportunity and work as hard as others to succeed. This is more evidence that shows a “Brogramming” culture of sexism, affecting females and their inability to gain the rewards they work for and showing that the tech industry does have a preference for men.
While males felt similarly supported by both their male and female co-workers, females felt significantly more supported by their female co-workers than their male co-workers. Females also did not feel that their ideas and contributions were respected. Males, however, felt that their ideas are often heard out and considered. Whether or not this is intentional, men are not supporting the women, as this data shows a clear gender bias. Women are being alienated by their male counterparts and are ignored and overlooked.
Although I am very happy with these low numbers regarding how often men and women observe and experience sexual harassment and sexist comments, I was very surprised by these results. Current literature says that more than 2/3 of women observe and experience sexual harassment. However, I was interviewing a female in IT and she believed that she rarely encountered sexist comments, if ever, but later in our conversation, she noted that she was not only referred to as “sweetheart” which can be perceived as patronizing or condescending, but she also was introduced as “the prettier version” of the male worker who previously held her title. Therefore, I wonder if these results were due to the lack of defining what constitutes as sexual harassment or sexist comments because they can be very subtle as that example shows.
Over all, the relationships with the supervisors were very positive, especially for females. This was surprising because literature states that one of the biggest problems women in IT face is lack of good supervisors and mentors, and this data shows otherwise. Perhaps this is because this specific problem has been highlighted and discussed for so long that companies are finally taking it upon themselves to make a change and provide supervisors with proper training on how to support their employees. The wealth of research suggests that employees leave supervisors, not companies.
The participants have generally been working in IT related jobs for 0-15 years, and every single one of them, males and females, planned to stay in the field for at least another 5 years.
However, when asked about retirement, the results varied a lot more. Not one male said he would not be staying in the field until retirement, although 12% stated that they were unsure. Females, on the other hand, only had 33% commit to staying until retirement, 10% knowing they would not, and 57% being unsure. Reasons for this were not asked, but I can speculate, from literature and my other data, that a potential reason is that even though they love their job, they are not sure how long they will be able to handle the “Brogramming” culture and discrimination, especially when thinking in terms of the next 30 or 40 years. Another possible reason is motherhood. Not only does society expect women to become mothers, but society also expects them to stay at home with their children, making it harder for mothers to return to the work field after giving birth, especially in the technology field. Therefore, the high number of “unsures” from women may be because they are unsure of the factors they will face if they do become mothers. Companies are slowly becoming more flexible and accommodating for motherhood and maternity leave, also encouraging men to spend time with their newborns as well.
It takes everyone, whether male or female, to change a culture of something. Not only do women need to feel empowered, but men also need to be held accountable for their actions. When including everyone, it encourages everyone to do their part and removes any marginalization caused by participation and advocating. Companies can hold required trainings of expected work behavior and programs that support women and other underrepresented groups. Events empowering women can be advertised in a way to encourage male participants.
Whether it is for hiring or for promoting, there needs to be a more concrete criteria when evaluating applicants and job performances. This will help remove biases and focus on talent.
Lastly, companies should be reaching out and actively pursing diversity. With a reputation of a “brogramming” culture, women are less likely to put themselves in this situation thinking that they are not valued nor supported. Actively pursing diversity will show that companies care about their employees and will stand by those who feel marginalized.