Women in science worry that these “private” network exchanges of research results serve to reinforce the “Old Boy Network” in scientific research circles, especially given the overwhelmingly male demographics of e-mail and newsgroup users
Predictor: Ginzberg, Ruth
Prediction, in context:In his 1993 article on the way professional researchers segregate themselves into private networks, sometimes called “invisible colleges,” online, Mike Holderness quotes Ruth Ginzberg. Holderness writes:”‘Women in science worry that these ‘private’ network exchanges of research results serve to reinforce the ‘Old Boy Network’ in scientific research circles, especially given the overwhelmingly male demographics of e-mail and newsgroup users,’ said Ruth Ginzberg, an assistant professor of philosophy at Wesleyan University in the U.S.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Times (London) Higher Education Supplement
Title, headline, chapter name: Greetings from the Twilight Zone
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.poptel.org.uk/nuj/mike/articles/the-invi.htm
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