Women and technology: How socialization created a gender gap

Women, Men and News: Divided and Disconnected in the News Media Landscape

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 110-129

  Meraz, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203877272     Document Type: Chapter

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