Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub : Masculinities and Relationships Online.
Title:
Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub : Masculinities and Relationships Online.
Author:
Kendall, Lori.
ISBN:
9780520935983
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (311 pages)
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- 1 Blue Sky in the Morning -- 2 Logging On: An Introduction to BlueSky -- 3 Mudding History and Subcultures -- 4 Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room BlueSky as a Masculine Space -- 5 Identity Crises -- 6 Computer-Mediated Relationships -- 7 Class, Race, and Online Participation -- 8 Hungover in the Virtual Pub Power and Identity Online -- Epilogue: The "Where Are They Now?" FAQ -- Appendix A: Basic Mud Commands -- Appendix B: "Mudders in the Mist": Ethnography in a "Partly Compatible" Setting -- Appendix C: Unedited Bluesky Log from October 8, 1996 -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Lori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a first-rate analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a ground-breaking study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing. Despite the common assumption that the personas these men and women craft for themselves bear little resemblance to reality, Kendall discovers that the habitués of BlueSky stick surprisingly close to the facts of their actual lives and personalities.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View