Developing an Instructional Taxonomy Specific to Computer Science

Abstract

Due to the anonymity provided by computer-mediated communication (CMC) on the Internet, it is now believed that the gender of online communicators is considered unimportant or difficult to determine. This contrasts with the prevailing patterns of male dominance observed in interpersonal communication. Research consistently shows that males tend to hold leadership positions in confrontations. This is a well-established truth in the field of interpersonal communication. This program aims to streamline the process of achieving gender equality by promoting equal recognition and engagement for individuals of all genders. This purpose will be accomplished by promoting equitable and unbiased chances for participation and acknowledgment among individuals of all genders. This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the literature covering the research undertaken between 1989 and 2013 on the subject of gender and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The study covered a wide range of communication methods, including mobile, textual, and multimodal, among others. This inquiry covers the time period from 1989 to 2013. Extensive research disproves the assertions that computer-mediated communication (CMC) eliminates gender-related power dynamics and status inequality, and that gender is inconsequential or irrelevant in this domain. The assertions were put up by scholars who hypothesized that computer-mediated communication (CMC) would eradicate the power dynamics and status differences linked to gender. At some point, both the idea of anonymity and the difference between variety and disparity will be inevitably analyzed.

Keywords: computer-mediated communication (CMC).  Anonymity.