Categorizing the non-categorical: the challenges of studying gendered phenomena online

IF 5.4 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Sarah Shugars, Alexi Quintana-Mathé, Robin Lange, David Lazer
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Abstract

Studies of gendered phenomena online have highlighted important disparities, such as who is likely to be elevated as an expert or face gender-based harassment. This research, however, typically relies upon inferring user gender—an act that perpetuates notions of gender as an easily observable, binary construct. Motivated by work in gender and queer studies, we therefore compare common approaches to gender inference in the context of online settings. We demonstrate that gender inference can have downstream consequences when studying gender inequities and find that nonbinary users are consistently likely to be misgendered or overlooked in analysis. In bringing a theoretical focus to this common methodological task, our contribution is in problematizing common measures of gender, encouraging researchers to think critically about what these constructs can and cannot capture, and calling for more research explicitly focused on gendered experiences beyond a binary.
将不分类的东西分类:研究网上性别现象的挑战
对网络性别现象的研究凸显了重要的差异,例如谁有可能被提升为专家或面临基于性别的骚扰。然而,这种研究通常依赖于推断用户的性别--这种行为延续了性别是一种易于观察的二元结构的观念。因此,在性别和同性恋研究工作的推动下,我们比较了在网络环境下进行性别推断的常见方法。我们证明,在研究性别不平等问题时,性别推断可能会产生下游影响,并发现非二元用户在分析中一直很可能被错误定性或忽略。我们将理论重点引入这一常见的方法论任务中,其贡献在于对常见的性别测量方法提出质疑,鼓励研究人员批判性地思考这些方法能捕捉到什么,不能捕捉到什么,并呼吁开展更多研究,明确关注二元之外的性别体验。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) has been a longstanding contributor to the field of computer-mediated communication research. Since its inception in 1995, it has been a pioneer in web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly publications. JCMC encourages interdisciplinary research, welcoming contributions from various disciplines, such as communication, business, education, political science, sociology, psychology, media studies, and information science. The journal's commitment to open access and high-quality standards has solidified its status as a reputable source for scholars exploring the dynamics of communication in the digital age.
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