Annotated Bibliography

“Do men know more about technology than women?”

Annotated Bibliography

Kayla Riley

1. Brenston, Margaret. "Worlds Apart: Women, Men and Technology." Center for Media Literacy. Center for Media Literacy, Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

This article focuses on the differences in how men and women used to be raised around technology. Proving that men were the ones to deal with machinery while women maintained home activities. Even in schools men were known to discuss shop and cars while women gossiped and talked about clothes. This is helpful to my paper because it shows from the start men were always given the advantage when it comes to knowledge about technology.  This article really gets into the differences of men and women in their technological use and will be helpful for me to cite.

2. Emerson, Ramona. "Women Love Social Media More Than Men : Study." HuffingtonPost. HuffingtonPost.com, Inc., 26 Sept. 2011. Web.

This article has statistics and facts showing how women are more likely to turn to social media to keep in touch with people more often then men.  Men tend to prefer simpler interactions and keep up in different ways. This is relates to my question because it shows that women are more likely to use social media rather involve themselves with actual uses of technology. This helps me to take an angle to prove that women do not tend to involve themselves with the complexity of technology but instead use it for personal and social usage.

3. Fidelman, Mark. "Here's the Real Reason There Are Not More Women in Technology." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 05 June 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

Forbes did research on why more women were in technological positions and how to get them into these positions. They offer many statistics between the differences and a straight up point that women simply do not chose to get into technology. I find this helpful because it was a whole new approach to the question. It will help me to find an answer that women are not necessary further set back with technology than men are but simply that women do not care as much to get into it. It helps to prove that men may know more but least gives a little help in explaining why women are behind.

4. Goode, Lauren. "Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?" AllThingsD. Dow Jones & Company Inc, 12 Jan. 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

In this article we see that women have more interest in purchasing the newest technology than men do. Also, women are up there against men when it comes to playing games than what we would have figured. With women taking a lead in tech purchasing it can be safe to assume they are taking a further interest in familiarizing themselves with technology. I can use this to debate against my question and show that women are trying to catch up to the men and are making wave in the technological department.

5. Jacobsen, Joyce P. "The Role of Technological Change in Increasing Gender Equity with a Focus on Information and Communications Technology," ACSPL Working Paper     Series. Working paper. WesScholar, 25 Apr. 2011. Web.

This working paper has a section dedicated to the affects of technological change to men and women. Touches on three threads that show the differences women face in comparison to men when it comes to technological advances. I can use this to help prove that women are not given an equal chance to men when it comes to developing in technology. This will be helpful for me because I was not fully aware of how much women are placed behind in the new ages of technology.

6.Snyder, Billy. "Shocker: Women Outnumber Men in This Year's Tech Hires." InfoWorld. InfoWorld Inc., 14 Nov. 2013. Web.

Here we see that women are taking over in technology postions compared to men. It used to be that men ruled all IT positions for the most part and were considered the ones more suitable for the job. Now we see that women are taking interest and rising in the field of technology. This is helpful to me to prove that women may have once been the weaker link in the technological world but are taking that from the men and creating an equal work qualification for the job.

7. Venkatesh, Viswanath, and Michael G. Morris. "Why Don't Men Ever Stop To Ask For Directions? Gender, Social Influences, and Their Role In Technology Acceptance and Usage Behavior." JSTOR. ITHAKA, Mar. 2000. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

In this article we take a deeper look at the way men and women differ in technological uses in the workforce. A big focus of this article is with the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) and the research used to see the approaches from both sides. It will be helpful for me to use when proving that with the direct experience with technology women are more likely to flourish in using a system than men. This is help to try to oppose my point being made showing that if given the opportunities and instructions women could just as easily be in touch with complex technology.