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In a society and world with vast differences in the amount of material goods to which individuals have access, where millions starve while others can have anything they want, any conception of justice must address the distribution of material goods.

Mossberger, K., Tolbert, C., Bowen, D., Jimenez, B. (2012). Unraveling different barriers to Internet use. Urban Affairs Review, 48(6), 771-810.

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New media appeals to us so powerfully partly because it satisfies our needs to post-industrial society to ‘construct [our] own custom lifestyle from a large (but not infinite) number of choices

Nakamura, L. (2008). Cyberrace. PMLA: Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America, 123(5), 1673-1682

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Miss Representation Trailer

This video is a trailer for the documentary Miss Representation. In this documentary women and men, of all races and gender identities, discuss sexism in American culture. This is accomplished by looking through today’s media and the influence it has on women around the world.

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In the field of technology, women of color face barriers and obstacles related to both race and gender, a so-called “double-blind.

Scott, A. (2015, September 9). Data Shows Need to Focus on Women of Color. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-scott/diversity-data-shows-need_b_5571685.html

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The virtual stage sets in urban street games do not come with an accompanying socio-cultural backdrop.

Chan, D. (2005). Playing with race: The ethics of racialized representations in E-Games. International Review of Information Ethics, 4, 24-30.

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Media may also be crucial to the development of transgender identity, aiding in the emergent consciousness of one’s sex or gender, as well as in reconciling one’s gender identity allowing transgender people “to generate a new awareness of their embodied selves...[and helping them] to either construct or consolidate their identity” (Shelley, 2008, p. 136) as transgender individuals

McInroy, L. B., & Craig, S. L. (2015). Transgender representation in offline and online media: LGBTQ youth perspectives. Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment, 25(6), 606-617 12p. doi:10.1080/10911359.2014.995392

#racegender&it #race #gender #information technology #ICT #transgender #media representation #identity #gender identity #stereotypes #awareness #LGBTQ #youth perspectives

Media Representation of Gender: Masculinity

Women are not the only ones who are incorrectly represented in the media, in fact, men are subjected to this as well. Men are held to s standard of being the stereotypical masculine man, however, there are multiple other stereotypes that men can be held to.

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The ICT gender gap is illustrated not only in women’s lack of access to technology but also in their limited presence in the ICT sector, in terms of jobs, number of women in management, ownership etc.

Broadband Commission Secretariat. (2013). Gender in National Broadband Policies. Retrieved from http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/publications/bbcand%20gender__A3__v3.pdf

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YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities

Have you ever wondered why there isn’t a proper representation of Asian-Americans in today’s culture? Well YouTube is changing that. With just the click of a button, people all over the world can truly understand the Asian-American culture beyond the traditional stereotypes.

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Programming is for boys, art is for girls

Fiesler, C. (2014). Barbie really is a computer engineer. Retrieved from http://faculty.lacitycollege.edu/belikil/E103S15/Fiesler-Barbie.pdf

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Jury rules in Silicon Valley gender discrimination case

Even though the San Francisco Jury rejected a case on gender discrimination, the plaintiff states that even though she lost her case, she is claiming a victory. Due to this case, she was able to send a bigger message across that there needs to be a change with females in field of technology.

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Although I indicated "programming" as an interest in my SAT college profile, my guidance counselors steered me towards a more social career, suggesting I could only be successful helping others.

Mitchell, S. (2007, Spring). Access to Technology - Race, gender, class bias [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://sfonline.barnard.edu/blogs/mitchell_01.htm

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Human Angle: Queer Games: The Secret Avant Garde of Videogames

Have you ever wondered “Why are there no queer video games?” Well, Maddie has created a game to model her life as a queer person. The game shows what queer lives are subjected to and is supposed to help them understand that they are not alone.

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No single factor can be held accountable for the apparent alienation of woman and girls from computer gaming”, however it is interesting that “as it currently stands the majority of computer games are produced by a primarily male industry that tends to assume a male audience

Carr, D. (2006). Games and Gender. In D. Carr, D. Buckingham, A. Burn, & G. Schott (Eds.), Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play. (pp. 162-178). Cambridge: Polity Press.

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Take sexism, for instance: women of color do not experience sexism in addition to racism, but sexism in the context of racism.

Moody, M. (2012). New media-same stereotypes: An analysis of social media depictions of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. The Journal of New Media & Culture, 8(1).

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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs through ICTs: Voices from Africa

Women from Africa talk about how they can now reach out to clients in new ways by using ICTs such as television and Internet. However, in rural areas there is very little access to technology or little education on how to use the materials. These challenges, and more, have the possibility of producing solutions.

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Role definition underlies many of the reasons why women do not make ample use of technology

Antonio, A. A., & Tuffley, D. (2014). The Gender Digital Divide in Developing Countries. Future Internet, 6(4), 573-687.

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