Hi-tech = Guy-tech? An exploration of undergraduate students' gendered perceptions of information and communication technologies

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 525-536

  Selwyn, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer; Gender; Internet; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147155272     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9191-7     Document Type: Article

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