Chapter 9. Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images

  1. Thomas J. Misa
  1. Aristotle Tympas,
  2. Hara Konsta,
  3. Theodore Lekkas,
  4. Serkan Karas

Published Online: 5 AUG 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470619926.ch9

Book Title

Gender Codes

Gender Codes

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How to Cite

Tympas, A., Konsta, H., Lekkas, T. and Karas, S. (2010) Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images, in Gender Codes (ed T. J. Misa), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470619926.ch9

Editor Information

  1. University of Minnesota, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 AUG 2010
  2. Published Print: 6 JUL 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470597194

Online ISBN: 9780470619926

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Keywords:

  • constructing gender and technology in advertising images - feminine and masculine computer parts;
  • men–mouse versus women - keyboard associations, standard advertising trope into Internet age;
  • advertisements, connecting female faces to computer screens - and male computer designers in the director's chair

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Methodology

  • Men on the Phone

  • The Keyboard Versus the Mouse

  • The Printer Versus the Hard Drive

  • Women on the Screen

  • Conclusion

  • References

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