LGBT Identity and Online New Media
โ Scribed by Christopher Pullen, Margaret Cooper
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 327
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
LGBT Identity and Online New Media examines constructions of LGBT identity within new media. The contributors considerย the effects, issues, influences, benefits and disadvantages of these new media phenomena with respect to the construction of LGBT identities. A wide range of mainstream and independent new media are analyzed,ย including MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, gay menโs health websites,ย message boards, and Craigslist ads, among others. This is a pioneering interdisciplinaryย collection thatย is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections ofย gender, sexuality, and technology.
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