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’A Guiding Light in a Virtual Haven’: A Preliminary Analysis of Conversations Around Navigating and Repairing Self-worth in an Online Professional Community for Women

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Subhasree Sengupta,

Bryan SemaanAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '21 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Pages 158 - 162

https://doi.org/10.1145/3462204.3481737

Published: 23 October 2021 Publication History

Abstract

The establishment of one’s professional identity can be essential to one’s sense of worth. For women, such challenges can be further magnified owing to the need to perform traditional roles along with sustaining a professional career. Through an analysis of a random sample of 10 discussion threads (80 conversation traces) from a subreddit called r/careerwomen, we explore the needs that draw women to use such forums and the ways in which such forums help develop endurance. Our preliminary analysis provides 2 main themes towards understanding how multiple socio-cultural pressures create tensions in defining one’s sense of worth. In contrast, 5 other themes provide insights into strategies to redefine norms of worth. Building on these themes, we propose the analytical frame of morale repair, which aims to discuss how such socio-technical interventions can be designed and structured to further address the struggles for women in establishing a sense of worth.

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CSCW '21 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

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Sengupta STacheva JMcNeese N(2024)Psychosocial Portraits of Participation in a Virtual World: A Comparative Analysis of Roles and Motives Across Three Different Professional Development SubredditsWisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win10.1007/978-3-031-57867-0_28(365-381)Online publication date: 10-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57867-0_28
Ale-Ebrahim BGohring TFetterolf EGray M(2023)Pronouns in the Workplace: Developing Sociotechnical Systems for Digitally Mediated Gender ExpressionProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/35795167:CSCW1(1-30)Online publication date: 16-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579516
Sengupta S(2022)Virtual Vessels of Empowerment: Exploring Everyday Resilience Building Tactics in Online Forums Focused on Nurturing Professional Development of Women in Technical DomainsProceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/pra2.65859:1(494-499)Online publication date: 14-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.658

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