Given the rapidly growing presence of girls online, serious academic inquiry into the relationship between girls and the Internet is imperative. Girl Wide Web is an innovative collection of cutting-edge research exploring a wide sweep of issues related to the ways adolescent girls interact with the Internet. Employing a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives primarily within cultural studies, the authors examine a variety of topics - from instant messaging and web-diaries to online fan communities and Internet advertising that targets young girls. Taken together, these essays provide a rich portrait of the complex relationship among girls, the Internet, and the negotiation of identity.
| ISBN: | 9780820471174 |
| Publication date: | 29th March 2005 |
| Author: | Sharon R Mazzarella |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Series: | Intersections in Communications and Culture |
| Genres: |
Speaking in public: advice and guides Communication studies Cultural studies Gender studies: women and girls |
Given the rapidly growing presence of girls online, serious academic inquiry into the relationship between girls and the Internet is imperative. Girl Wide Web is an innovative collection of cutting-edge research exploring a wide sweep of issues related to the ways adolescent girls interact with the Internet. Employing a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives primarily within cultural studies, the authors examine a variety of topics - from instant messaging and web-diaries to online fan communities and Internet advertising that targets young girls. Taken together, these essays provide a rich portrait of the complex relationship among girls, the Internet, and the negotiation of identity.
Girl Wide Web features in the following genres: Speaking in public: advice and guides, Communication studies, Cultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls
Girl Wide Web is available in Paperback
Girl Wide Web was written by Sharon R Mazzarella and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Yes it is part of Intersections in Communications and Culture series