The Impact of Social Medial on Gender Inequality

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.050How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social media; Impact of social media; Gender inequality

Abstract

With the development of information communication technology (ICT), social media has experienced a dramatically increasing use in recent years. There are many arguments on social media claiming women contribute less than men in the workplace, or it is a bad thing for women to be educated well. Thus, it is necessary to explore the impact of social media on gender inequality. This essay aims to explore the impact of social media on gender inequality in both national and individual dimensions by reviewing the literature. There are three guidelines for this review essay while reviewing the literature: the development of social media, the importance of gender inequality, and the impact of social media on gender inequality. Based on the literature review, this essay finds that women are less likely to take part in political activities due to gender discrimination, no matter through social media or other types of media. Such a result indicates the negative impact of social media on gender inequality in the dimension of politics and nationality. In terms of the individual level, this review essay finds that the contents of social media can influence individuals’ perceptions and behaviors related to gender. Underpinned by the impact of gender stereotype opinions in social media, individuals would gradually change their own perceptions and behaviors related to gender issues. The limitations of this literature review essay have been concluded as well. One limitation is that this literature review fails to apply a meta-analytical or systematic method to analyze literature, leading to the ignorance of statistical data. The other limitation involves the impact of social media, which is divided into national dimension and individual dimension rather than positive and negative influences, which may cause some problems in clarifying the impacts of social media. These two limitations of this review essay indicate the future direction of conducting research to explore the impact of social media on gender inequality further.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenyue Tan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - The Impact of Social Medial on Gender Inequality
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 276
EP  - 280
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.050
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.050
ID  - Tan2022
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