I Have to Give an “I Can” Attitude
Gender Patterns in Beeping Practices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16910606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Victoria Wamala, Caroline Wamala (Karlstad University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244013477101 |
| OpenAlex | W2191042458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
Intentional missed calling, referred to as beeping through the mobile phone, is a popular communication practice among Africans. Targeting young mobile phone users in Uganda, this article builds on previous research on beeping, but focuses on gender as a point of analysis. Data informing this article are based on 76 qualitative interviews with university students and recent graduates who are currently employed, and the results indicate that beeping practices are embedded in sociocultural, normative, gender patterns. The data also show that beeping is a multilayered exercise that each individual at some social-relational level engages in: It is the relationship to the beep recipient that negotiates this practice. Mapping local, diverse expressions of masculinities and femininity at the intersection of beeping activities, the study offers some recommendations on how Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in general can be useful signals of understanding sociological order
Femininity · Masculinity · Mobile phone · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Introduction
Mobile Communication and Society
Gender and technology in the making
How Users Matter
The Intersection of Gender, Race and Cultural Boundaries, or Why is Computer Science in Malaysia Dominated by Women
Africa and ICT
Gender Trouble
Getting connected
Mobile phones as fashion statements
Men's Responses to Feminism at the Turn of the Century
After Method
Ethnography
Feminist theories of technology
The Rules of Beeping
A Cyberfeminist Utopia
Mobile Communication and Society
Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together
Male Promiscuity
Commercialization of Food Crops in Busoga, Uganda, and the Renegotiation of Gender
Between Women's Rights and Men's Authority
Hegemonic Masculinity
Gender and Technology
Gendering social destiny in the proverbs of the Baganda
What is hegemonic masculinity
Toward a new sociology of masculinity
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |