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Gender Discrimination In The Technology Industry

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Parker, Kim, and Cary Funk. “Women are more concerned than men about gender discrimination in tech industry.” Pew Research Center, 10 Oct. 2017, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/10/women-are-more-concerned-than-men-about-gender-discrimination-in-tech-industry/.
The authors Kim Parker and Cary Funk are directors of Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center is a nonprofit, nonadvocacy, and a nonpartisan research center. The research is survey results of perceived gender discrimination in the technology industry. The survey was conducted in 2017, and the intended audience is a person looking for statistics about perceived gender discrimination in the tech industry. I believe the research is a valuable source of information …show more content…

BBC News is a source of news. BBC News targets a global audience. This article tells Susan Fowler’s story of sexism in the technology industry. In addition, this article presents statistics on sexual harassment in Silicone Valley. The statistics are mainly from The Elephant in the Valley. The intended audience is for anyone who following the recent stories of sexism and harassment about Silicone Valley. The article provides specific examples of sexism and harassment experienced by women in the technology industry. I searched for this article using Google. I often read articles from BBC News, and I find them a credible source of …show more content…

This article argues against the firing of Damore from Google. When Damore sent a memo companywide to Google, stating how women are not biologically cut out for technology jobs, he made news headlines. This article provides opinions on the topic, but there is no evidence cited. The intended audience for this article is The Economist subscribers. The Economist considers itself a progressive news source. While the article is an interesting read, I do not find it helpful in presenting evidence on the topic of gender discrimination in the tech industry. I found this article by searching keywords on Academic OneFile.

Burleigh, Nina. "What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women; The sexism in Silicon Valley is sordid and systemic. It 's going to take a revolution to bring it down--or a woman 's touch." Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2015. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com.ezp1r.riosalado.edu/apps/doc/A399390669/AONE?u=mccweb_riosalado&sid=AONE&xid=a7cb6ea2. Accessed 21 Feb. 2018.
The author of this article is Nina Burleigh. Burleigh is a National Politics Correspondent for Newsweek. Newsweek is an online news source. The article interviews women that have experience sexism and harassment first hand in the technology industry. This article is targeting an audience looking for global news. This article gives a first-hand account of the problem of sexism in tech, and I find it an excellent source of information. I found this article by searching

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