How an online women in technology group provides a locus of opposition

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Highlights：

• Qualitative analysis of big data shows how social support functions for marginalized persons in a virtual community.

• An online women in computing group provides belonging and an oppositional discourse to counter sexism and exclusion.

• Conversation analyses show social-emotional and practical support that develops and reinforces a counterpublic.

• The counterpublic allows participants to challenge their exclusion and confirm their “right to be” in computing.

摘要

•Qualitative analysis of big data shows how social support functions for marginalized persons in a virtual community.•An online women in computing group provides belonging and an oppositional discourse to counter sexism and exclusion.•Conversation analyses show social-emotional and practical support that develops and reinforces a counterpublic.•The counterpublic allows participants to challenge their exclusion and confirm their “right to be” in computing.

论文关键词：Gender,Broadening participation in computing,Online communities,Qualitative analysis,Counterpublic,Counterspace

论文评审过程：Received 24 December 2018, Revised 5 April 2019, Accepted 3 May 2019, Available online 4 May 2019, Version of Record 17 May 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.006