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It is often assumed that computer access and computer skills are the companions of social status, as resourceful parents purchase computers and teach their children to use them. In this paper we show how young girls in Norway use computers and how their interest in computers is awakened in different ways. Having a computer at home is not the decisive factor, but the school plays an important role. We also show how computer use and computer skills may give girls with poor resources new status in their classroom.
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Håpnes, T., Rasmussen, B. (2000). New Technology Increasing Old Inequality?. In: Balka, E., Smith, R. (eds) Women, Work and Computerization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_29
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