Hanging out in the virtual pub : masculinities and relationships online / Lori Kendall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kendall, Lori, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Multi-user dungeons--Social aspects.

Multi-user dungeons.

Social interaction.

Interpersonal relations.

Men--Identity.

Men.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

viii, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]

Summary:

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 habitues of BlueSky stick surprisingly close to the facts of their actual lives and personalities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.

ISBN:

0520230361

0520230388

OCLC:

47650693