1. Sally Burch, "Women and the media in the era of new communications technologies", unpublished paper, October 1995, p. 5
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2. Ibid.
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3. US News and World Report, November 13 1995.
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4. UNICEF exhibit on Follow-up to Global Conferences.
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5. Donna L. Hoffman and, Thomas P. Novak, "Internet use in the US: 1995 baseline estimates preliminary market segments", (Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, April 1995).
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6. Dibbell, Julian, "Nielsen Rates the Net", Time, November 13, 1995, p. 121.
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7. Aizu, Izumi, "Cultural Impact on Network Evolution in Japan, Emergence of Netizens", GLOCOM, International University of Japan, http://www.glocom.ac.jp/Publications/Aizu/nete&c.html
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8. Burch, op.cit., p. 4.
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9. "How computers are proving useful in fight to protect Africa's endangered biodiversity: private and public sectors cooperate in providing training, hardware", The Earth Times, 31 August.-14 September 1996, p. 21.
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10. "Worldwide spending on Client/Server Software to reach over $200 billion by the year 2000", Input Press Release (Mountain View, California, March 1996).
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11. "Internet Market", Cyberatlas, the Internet Research Guide, I/PRO, 8 July 1996.
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12. Ibid.
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13. Mathe Diseko, Statement to the Economic and Social Council, New York, 16 July 1996.
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14. "The Internet as an Influence on Urbanization", The New York Times, September 16, 1996, p. D1.
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15. Ibid.
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16. Margaret Gallagher, "Lipstick Imperialism and the New World Order: Women and the Media at the Close of the Twentieth Century", unpublished paper, December 1995.
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17. "Internet Market", Cyberatlas, op.cit.
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18. Ibid.
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19. American Internet User Survey, Find/SVP, Emerging Technology Research Group, December 1995.
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20. Maureen Ebben, Cheris Kramerae and Jeanie Taylor, eds, Women, Information Technology and Scholarship (Urbana, University of Illinois, 1993), pp. 15-27.
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21. Leslie R. Shade, "Gender Issues in Computer Networking", unpublished paper presented at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 August 1993.
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22. "APC Women's Networking Survey -- Initial Findings (September 1996).
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23. Ebben, Kramerae and Taylor, op. cit.
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24. Burch, Sally. op.cit. p. 5.
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25. Burch, Sally, op. cit. pp.5-6.
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26. "Women's Participation in the News: Global Media Monitoring Project", in Gallagher, Margaret, op. cit. p. 10.
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27. Burch, op. cit. p. 6.
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28. Sally Burch, "The Internet: a tool for women's organizations", Discussion note prepared for the UN Expert Workshop on Global Information through Computer Networking Technology in the Follow- up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, United Nations, New York, 26-28 June 1996.
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29. "Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women", para. 237.
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30. Ibid. para. 246.
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31. Ibid. para. 243c.
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32. Ibid. para. 244a.
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33. United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women, Report on the fortieth session, Economic and Social Council, Official Records, 1996,
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34. "Bangkok Declaration", Women Empowering Communication Conference, Bangkok, 1994.
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35. Shade, op. cit. p. 5.
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