Gender and skill in human-computer interaction

Abstract

As Pain, Owen, Franklin and Green [7] point out, generally “the main responsibility for system design rests with those labeled as ‘experts’ in technical or computing knowledge” Q. 13). The group of experts we rely on for system design are generally white, middle-class men, with educational backgrounds in science. User relations-where designers typically encounter more women-are increasingly being paid attention as part of the process of designing and implementing computer based interactions.