Big data, gender, and civic engagement
Date
2020ISBN
9781119429104Publisher
John Wiley & SonsPlace of publication
Hoboken, NJSource
The international encyclopedia of gender, media, and communicationGoogle Scholar check
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Civic engagement is essential to democracy in the sense that it secures social justice for all genders. To this end, understanding data, and more importantly Big Data, is very important in the area of gender studies, and is a powerful tool in promoting improved civic engagement for women. This entry presents an overview of the challenges, problems, and opportunities of Big Data in the field of civic engagement and gender equality through online and offline communication.