Instant identity : adolescent girls and the world of instant messaging /

"Instant Identity: Adolescent Girls and the World of Instant Messaging explains how girls use instant messaging - a primary mode of new media communication for their generation - in order to flirt, bond, fight, and generally relate to peers in ways that both transcend and play into their cultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Shayla Thiel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2007], ©2007
New York : c2007
New York : ©2007
New York : [2007]
Series:Mediated youth, v. 2
Mediated youth ; v. 2
Mediated youth ; v. 2
Mediated youth v. 2
Mediated youth v. 2
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • "how many peeps R on 4U?": IM as a space for identity articulation
  • "i got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home": instant messaging as a private space
  • "Lol- i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw~": negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Marketing to youth: the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Private space or cultural vacuum? Implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Ch. 1. Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • Ch. 2. "How many peeps R on 4U?" : IM as a space for identity articulation
  • Ch. 3. "I got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home" : instant messaging as a private space
  • Ch. 4. "Lol - i’m gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw" : negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Ch. 5. Marketing to youth : the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Ch. 6. Private space or cultural vacuum? : implications of instant messaging as a site of girls’ gender identity negotiation
  • Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • How many peeps R on 4U?: IM as a space for identity articulation
  • I got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home: instant messaging as a private space
  • Lol- i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw~: negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Marketing to youth: the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Private space or cultural vacuum? Implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation
  • Ch. 1 Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • Ch. 2. "How many peeps R on 4U?" : IM as a space for identity articulation
  • Ch. 3. "I got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home" : instant messaging as a private space
  • Ch. 4. "Lol - i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw"̃ : negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Ch. 5. Marketing to youth : the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Ch. 6. Private space or cultural vacuum? : implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation.
  • Ch. 1 Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • Ch. 2. "How many peeps R on 4U?" : IM as a space for identity articulation
  • Ch. 3. "I got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home" : instant messaging as a private space
  • Ch. 4. "Lol - i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw" : negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Ch. 5. Marketing to youth : the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Ch. 6. Private space or cultural vacuum? : implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation.
  • Ch. 1 Understanding the world of adolescent girls and instant messaging
  • Ch. 2. "How many peeps R on 4U?" : IM as a space for identity articulation
  • Ch. 3. "I got to intercept that mail before the parental gets home" : instant messaging as a private space
  • Ch. 4. "Lol - i'm gonna make out w/ so many ppl tomrw"̃ : negotiating gender identity through IM
  • Ch. 5. Marketing to youth : the commodification of identity in the new media landscape
  • Ch. 6. Private space or cultural vacuum? : implications of instant messaging as a site of girls' gender identity negotiation.