http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/internet+community+forum PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1163 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/1163 <p>PDF/full text available</p><p>Winter and Huff's study focuses on a 1996 survey of a women's only online bulletin board for computer scientists called SYSTERS.&nbsp;Although the study is 9 years old, it still brings voice to women who were previously marginalized as gender minorities in their field of work/study.&nbsp; The authors discuss the issue of same-gender boards being both &quot;havens&quot; and &quot;ghettos&quot; for women online, and also provide some support for Cass Sunstein's theory that the internet allows for the consolidation of like opinions - both positive and negative, as in the case of women's forums and online sexual harassment, respectively.&nbsp; Based upon their work, the authors felt that the differences between the genders in online communication was equal or magnified to that present in speech.</p>