| Women & Everyday Uses of the Internet: Agency & Identity Contributor(s): Jones, Steve (Editor), Consalvo, Mia (Editor), Paasonen, Susanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820461415 ISBN-13: 9780820461410 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Computers | Internet - General |
| Dewey: 004.678 |
| LCCN: 2002069279 |
| Series: Digital Formations (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 322 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Women & Everyday Uses of the Internet investigates the forms and codes of the Internet as a popular medium and the ways in which women figure as users, content producers, and target audiences. Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this book addresses issues of gendered identity and agency in the wider framework of consumer culture and uses of new media. Individual chapters explore personal and commercial web sites for women, constructions of lesbian identity, communities of female consumers and Vietnam veterans, women's web cam sites, educational experiences and information society agendas, the possibilities of design, conceptions of digital television, as well as wider media attention to the Internet and women. These case studies provide rich insights into the uses of the Internet as an everyday medium and the varying locations and forms of its gendered use. |