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