21世纪西方性别数字鸿沟研究

A review of studies on the gender digital divide in Western countries in the 21st century

性别数字鸿沟是西方学术界较为热门的研究话题,对该话题的梳理和探讨有助于推动国内相关研究发展。性别数字鸿沟的研究历程可以通过分析文献计量软件CiteSpace的运行结果,将其划分为三个阶段。性别数字鸿沟的研究主题种类多样,涉及空间、时间、社会三大视角,覆盖了从全球尺度到家庭空间、从学校教育到职业生涯、从刻板印象到社会环境的各个领域。性别数字鸿沟的影响因素主要有宏观的社会、经济、政策因素,基本的平台载体引导因素以及人们主观的心理因素。为了应对已有的和可能的性别数字鸿沟现象,学者们提出了种种建议,部分国家和地区也已经出台了各类举措,不过要想有切实的效果,在政策制定和推行实施阶段还需要认真推敲。

The gender digital divide has become a hot research topic in Western academia,and examining and discussing this topic will help promote the development of relevant research in China.The research process of the gender digital divide can be divided into three stages by analyzing the results from the bibliometric analysis software CiteSpace.The topics of study on the gender digital divide are diverse,involving three perspectives of space,time,and society,covering all fields from the global scale to family space,from school education to career,and from stereotype to social environment.The influencing factors of the gender digital divide mainly include macro social,economic,and policy factors,basic platform guidance,and people's subjective psychological factors.Scholars have made suggestions to address the existing and potential gender digital divide,and some countries and regions have introduced various initiatives,but to be effective,careful scrutiny is needed at the stages of policy formulation and implementation.