"A lucid and well-informed look at implicit biases in the digital world and the harms they cause." Publishers Weekly
Introduction 1 1. Women and News Comments 29 2. Women as the Silent Sex 53 3. Women, Authority, and the Public Sphere: Communication is Gendered 71 4. Women, Trolls, and Adversarial Culture Online 91 5. Women and News: A New Paradigm in the Digital Era 127 6. Implicit Bias in the Design of Technology 149 7. Tools to Fight Bias in Technology 169 Conclusion: Overcoming Mensorship 187 Acknowledgments 201 Notes 205 Bibliography 227 Index 261
Marie Tessier is a journalist and writer who moderates comments to the opinion pages of the New York Times. Her work has appeared on the Women s eNews and Women s Media Center websites, in Ms. magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere.