African American Males Constructing Computing Identity

被引：0

作者：

DiSalvo, Betsy ^{[1
]}

Yardi, Sarita ^{[1
]}

Guzdial, Mark ^{[1
]}

McKlin, Tom ^{[2
]}

Meadows, Charles ^{[3
]}

Perry, Kenneth ^{[4
]}

Bruckman, Amy ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Georgia Inst Technol, GVU Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

[2] Findings Grp, Decatur, GA USA

[3] Morehouse Coll, Dept Modern Foreign Languages, Atlanta, GA USA

[4] Morehouse Coll, Dept Comp Sci, Atlanta, GA USA

来源：

29TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS | 2011年

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

African American culture; masculinity; group identity; video games; broadening participation in computing;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Many young African American males have a passion for video games, but they don't often translate that passion into learning about computing. Part of the problem is that they do not identify with computing as a social norm within their peer group. This disidentification with computing can negatively impact academic performance and limit opportunities for upward mobility. We developed a job training program called Glitch Game Testers in which young African American men are trained to "break open the black box" of their game consoles to learn about computing. Perceptions of peers' technical competency were measured before and after the summer 2010 program. Results showed that participants were more likely to view their peers as technical resources and their overall access to technical resources increased. Broader implications for motivating technology adoption in HCI are discussed.

引用

页码：2967 / 2970

页数：4

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